GNU bug report logs - #10688
The default mode for Perl should be cperl-mode instead of perl-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: joe higton <draxil <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:56:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10688: The default mode for Perl should be cperl-mode instead of perl-mode
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:04:32 -0400

> Is cperl-mode.el in Emacs still not to be modified?

Yes.

> If someone reports a bug in cperl-mode can it be fixed without deferring
> to upstream?

Depends on the specific bug.

> (I have no interest in modifying it, but in the past you've basically
> said not to change it, IIUC).

That hasn't changed.  And it won't change until either our cperl-mode is
considered the upstream, or until there's a good two-way sync going on
between the upstream and our version.


        Stefan
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