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Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:57:06 -0400 |
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> 2. The Emacs web site
You mean /software/emacs, right? I would call that a directory,
not a web site.
has a two-line menu, but no “Contributing” item
> in that menu. One has to go through “Documentation & Support”, ...
These suggestions make sense to me.
Nicolas Petton maintains those pages, I believe.
If he likes these ideas, would people like to help him implement them?
> 3. The ELPA site, <http://elpa.gnu.org/>, says this near the bottom of
> the home page: “To contribute new packages refer to the README”, where
> README is a link to another Org-like plain text file that discusses
> technicalities without mentioning copyright paperwork.
> **Suggestions:**
> * Make that README an attractively formatted, well-structured web page
> or a collection of pages.
> * Explain copyright assignment and alternatives there, too.
These are good ideas. Don't the Emacs maintainers maintain that site?
> 4. The MELPA site is not your competitor. It is there to fill a need,
> both for users and package authors.
I will be talking with them when I'm sure of what to say.
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- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, (continued)
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Jean Louis, 2017/07/13
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/10
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Dmitry Gutov, 2017/07/08
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Chad Brown, 2017/07/09
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/10
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Dmitry Gutov, 2017/07/10
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/11
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Yuri Khan, 2017/07/11
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, John Wiegley, 2017/07/11
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Yuri Khan, 2017/07/11
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads,
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Nicolas Petton, 2017/07/12
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/13
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Nicolas Petton, 2017/07/13
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/14
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Nicolas Petton, 2017/07/17
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/23
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/11
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Yuri Khan, 2017/07/12
- Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads, Richard Stallman, 2017/07/12
- emacs.org website [was Re: Adding advisory notification for non-ELPA package.el downloads], Glenn Morris, 2017/07/12