[Python-mode] huge files

[Barry Warsaw]

On Feb 15, 2012, at 09:34 AM, Andreas Röhler wrote:

>think it's basically historical.
>
>People interested in developing/understanding might check out and use the components branch
>
>https://code.launchpad.net/~a-roehler/python-mode/components-python-mode
>
>I'm doing all my developing and Python editing there.
>It's sometimes ahead several days, if new features are introduced. But the same tests are run before commits, so a possible loss in stability is mince.
>
>BTW in future we could create a declared stable branch of components and make two tarballs for release.

I've always thought that because python-mode.el is a separate download, it's
better to have one big file.  This makes it easier for users to add it to
their Emacsen, even though it makes it more difficult to maintain, as rightly
observed.

But maybe we're at the tipping point where that trade-off should go the other
way.  Good, discoverable, installation documentation would go a long way
toward alleviating those concerns.  I run python-mode out of the bzr trunk, so
I'm probably not a good use case.

In a very real sense, this is Andreas's decision now.  "He who does the work,
decides" and Andreas has for quite a while now assumed primary ownership on
the code, by virtue of his great work on the mode.  I have no place to stand
in the way of his decision on this.

Cheers,
-Barry
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