Re: Moving some lisp/ob-*.el files to org-contrib - your advice?

[Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com>]

This is only tangentally related, but this feels like a relevant place
to mention this and I don't think it deserves its own thread.

I think it's also worth considering deleting ob-julia.el from
org-contrib. Not to put to fine a point on things, but it's currently
dysfunctional. Trying to execute any code in a session causes Emacs to
freeze. Simply put, it was written for pre-1.0 Julia and is no longer
fit for purpose.

For the future, I'd think Julia actually warrants 1st class inclusion in
Org, and I've instigated an effort to write an ob-julia that works well.
More on this once it reaches a usable state.

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Regarding your the list of proposed files to move to org-contrib, I
concur that they fall under the bar you're setting.

Just going from the fact I haven't heard of them, perhaps ob-groovy.el,
ob-io.el, and ob-shen.el may be worth adding to the list?

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Timothy

Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Less code is less bug and less maintainance.  So I'm considering
> moving these files to the new (unmaintained) org-contrib repo at
> https://git.sr.ht/~bzg/org-contrib:
>
> - ob-abc.el --- Org Babel Functions for ABC
> - ob-asymptote.el --- Babel Functions for Asymptote
> - ob-coq.el --- Babel Functions for Coq
> - ob-ditaa.el --- Babel Functions for ditaa
> - ob-ebnf.el --- Babel Functions for EBNF
> - ob-hledger.el --- Babel Functions for hledger
> - ob-J.el --- Babel Functions for J
> - ob-ledger.el --- Babel Functions for Ledger
> - ob-lilypond.el --- Babel Functions for Lilypond
> - ob-mscgen.el --- Babel Functions for Mscgen
> - ob-picolisp.el --- Babel Functions for Picolisp
> - ob-vala.el --- Babel functions for Vala evaluation
>
> I suggest a criterium for keeping ob*.el files in Org could be that
> the extension is known by Emacs _or_ that the supported language is
> well-established.
>
> Since I can obviously not decide alone about "well-established", would
> you mind giving your advice on whether the files above can be moved to
> org-contrib?  (Of course we would advertize this carefully.  And also,
> there is absolutely nothing personal about perhaps moving *your* file
> out of Emacs, it's just that maintainance will be easier outside.)
>
> Are there any other?
>
> I'll leave this thread open during this week, no need to rush here.
>
> Thanks,