[NTG-context] Re: list of modules: need changes/testing/response

From: luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
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Subject: [NTG-context] Re: list of modules: need changes/testing/response
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:28:49 +0200	[thread overview]
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 at 20:18, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:

> Hi all, esp. module authors!
>
> I went through the list of modules on https://modules.contextgarden.net/
> (dl/) and the list that controls module installation for “--script
> install-modules".
>
> I removed all font-related modules from the list (not yet from the
> garden), since they’re probably all obsolete & outdated.
> Consider publishing typescripts in the wiki.
>
>
> The following modules don’t adhere to the necessary structure and need
> changes:
> * t-handlecsv (2023, Pablo)
> * metaducks (2021, Jairo)
> * presvoz (2023, Pablo)
> All of them have a name directory on top of the TDS (tex, doc).
> If you used a git checkout URL, please try again, for me it worked today.
>
>
> Several modules need testing if they still work and make sense.
> If their authors are present, I’d appreciate a comment if we should keep
> them. I’d like to delete at least everything older than 10 years.
>
> * grph-downsample.lua (2019) is known to fail in current LMTX
>    (I hope for an integrated solution during the meeting.)
>    t-degrade (2018) is AFAIK an older version of it – delete?
>
> * high (2018) and pret-c (2018) are syntax highlighters.
>    Are they better than the vim and scite modules?
>    Does it make sense to keep/update them?
>
> * t-gm (2015, Luigi)
> * t-gs (2015, Luigi)
>

gm should be included in lmtx / mkiv by means of luaffi.
I cannot maintain them, you can drop them  or wait for the expiration date
of 2025.

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luigi

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