Re: elpa.gnu.org (Stale archive-contents?)

[Chong Yidong]

Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:58:18 +0530 Jambunathan K
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>> Are there any other packages I should set up for daily fetching?  I'd
>>> like to do BBDB since I use it a lot (I asked before so this is a
>>> reminder to the BBDB developers if they have some interest).  But any
>>> others can be considered for inclusion.
>
> JK> I would like to see package.el itself (package-x.el, maybe) right there.
>
> I think package.el is part of Emacs' core and shouldn't be packaged
> externally.  There's a nasty chance of breaking the whole environment if
> bad (broken or malicious) code makes it to the elpa.gnu.org version of
> package.el.

Agreed.