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ELPA: Duplicate entries for GNU Poke?

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Message #17 received at 77549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: "Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 77549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jb <at> jeremybryant.net, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#77549: ELPA: Duplicate entries for GNU Poke?
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:18:06 +0000

"Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch <at> gnu.org> writes:

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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.
>
> What about renaming poke-mode.el to poke-lang-mode.el?

I have to admit that "-lang-mode" sounds off.  Is there a reason you
don't bundle poke-mode.el with the poke package?

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