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From: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The fate of ob-asymptote.el
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:31:30 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r127c8q5.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87h733b5ll.fsf@localhost


Hello again.

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:

> Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi> writes:
>> As a result, changes in Org are much more likely to affect
>> ob-asymptote.el than changes in Asymptote. I think basic software
>> development rules of thumb suggest that ob-asymptote.el should then
>> be bundled with Org.
>
> From my point of view ob-asymptote.el is as bare bones as babel
> library can be. It does not use any fancy Org babel features like
> sessions, error display of converting the output to various :results
> output options.
>
> In contrast, it does a lot of work trying to convert Elisp types to
> Asymptote in `org-babel-asymptote-var-to-asymptote`.

Fair point. Then again, the involved datatypes of Asymptote are,
practically, immutable.

I can not resist pointing out that we are having this discussion because
of changes in Org, not because of changes in Asymptote. I consider Org
much more volatile than Asymptote.

But I might be digressing. A bit of a summary:

- I embrace a (any) maintained feature which extends the applicability
  of Org without compromising "the core." I have had great moments
  noticing that Org already supports something new I need.

- Asymptote is brilliant. :-) I hope I can provide connectivity to Org
  for current and future users. When I shrivel away, this support might
  get buried next to me.

- Org contrib basically advertises itself as unmaintained. While that
  may change, and there is in fact a request to help maintain the
  add-ons on the github page, I am pessimistic. I would not install it,
  so I doubt others would either.

- I see Org as the logical place for ob-asymptote.el. If this is
  rejected, I may try inclusion into Asymptote if it is not an uphill
  battle.

> From my point of view, any kind of new functionality in
> ob-asymptote.el requires a deep knowledge about the Asymptote
> programming - the knowledge most of the Org devs lack. At the same
> time, changes in Org babel core functionality are unlikely to cause
> any issues in ob-asymptote - we try our best to keep backwards
> compatibility with third-party babel packages anyway.

Does this suggest that, from the point of view of Org, the risk of
supporting ob-asymptote.el is minimal?

All the best,

Jarmo



  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-27  7:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-20 14:55 The fate of ob-asymptote.el Jarmo Hurri
2022-07-20 15:18 ` Tory S. Anderson
2022-07-20 19:43 ` Nick Dokos
2022-07-21  5:17   ` Jarmo Hurri
2022-07-21 11:54 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-21 13:21   ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-22  0:27     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-22  7:12       ` Jarmo Hurri
2022-07-26  1:46         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-26 10:23           ` Jarmo Hurri
2022-07-27  3:24             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-27  7:31               ` Jarmo Hurri [this message]
2022-07-28 14:29                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-30  9:23                   ` Jarmo Hurri

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