Re: [PATCH] better citizen gnuplot emacs mode

[Jon O. <jon...@gm...>]

I did some more work on the devel branch of gnuplot-mode and I think it
is in a good state to be tested for a new release, if Bruce agrees.

Most importantly, it's now backward-compatible with GNU Emacs 22 (from
2007) and XEmacs 21 (the latest version, from 2003).  I can't fully
check XEmacs compatibility because it segfaults when running on an X
display on my mac, but it does work in a terminal.  I would guess that
in this case working with XEmacs 21 also implies working with GNU Emacs
21, but I haven't been able to install any pre-22 GNU Emacs to try it
out.

I'm still not sure of the best way to get people to test a new version.
It's tempting to simply put a new release on Marmalade[1] and MELPA[2]
and wait for bug reports to come in.  MELPA just packages up whatever is
in github master branches anyway, so I think people are accustomed to
running the latest development versions of Emacs plugins.  The newer
version could then be incorporated in the gnuplot repository after a few
months, if there are no major issues reported.

Thoughts?

Jon



Footnotes: 
[1]  http://marmalade-repo.org/

[2]  http://melpa.milkbox.net/