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ELPA: Duplicate entries for GNU Poke?

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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: bug#77549: ELPA: Duplicate entries for GNU Poke?
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:10:01 +0000

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

>> "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?
>
> poke-mode.el is useful even if you don't use the Emacs interface to
> poke.

But that is not inherently a reason to package both features in the same
package.  The user gets both the Poke interface and poke-mode in the
same package, but they don't have to use everything.

> I myself use the poke CLI primarily, and still use poke-mode.el all the
> time to write my .pk files.
>
> Then, what about to rename poke.el into something else.  Suggestions?

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