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ELPA: Duplicate entries for GNU Poke?

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Message #11 received at 77549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: "Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 77549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jb <at> jeremybryant.net, philipk <at> posteo.net
Subject: Re: bug#77549: ELPA: Duplicate entries for GNU Poke?
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:48:37 -0400

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  > poke.el is an Emacs interface for poke.

  > poke-mode.el is a mode to edit programs written in Poke, the programming
  > language implemented by poke.

It makes sense now that you've explained it, but the simiarity will
surely cause confusion.  Can we adjust the names to make the
difference clear?  Of course, both names should mention Poke.
but they can differ more.

Perhaps the interface to Poke should be called poke-interface or
subpoke.

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