[Geany-Devel] [RFC]: Adding Filetype Extensions

[Matthew Brush]

Hi,

There are quite a few Issues/Pull Requests on Github about adding more 
extensions to `filetype_extensions.conf` so various types of files are 
detected/colourized/symbolized properly out of the box.

IMO, we need a policy/guidance on what is acceptable. The way I see it 
there are a few ways we could handle it:

1) Add all filetype extensions possible as long as there's proof 
somewhere they actually exist/are used.

2) Add only popular, generic ones, for example JSON or YAML or actual 
programming languages supported by Geany.

3) Don't add anymore except when adding entirely new filetype support; 
the `filetype_extensions.conf` file is user-editable precisely for this 
reason.

I don't really have an opinion on this, but it would be helpful to have 
some kind of consensus/policy on it, for the purposes of triaging Issues 
and Pull Requests on Github.

Regards,
Matthew Brush