Re: How often do we have new packages in Whichever ELPA?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:30:25 -0500
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
>   > Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:49:05 +0200   * elpa-packages (embark-consult): Add 
> package
>   > Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:48:58 +0200   * elpa-packages (embark): Add package
>   > Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:49:09 +0200   * elpa-packages (vertico-posframe): Add 
> package
>   > Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:38:38 +0200   * elpa-packages (capf-autosuggest): Add 
> package
>   > Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:15:41 -0400   * elpa-packages (comint-mime): New 
> package
>   > Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:22:50 +0200   * elpa-packages (compat): Add package
> 
> Given that info, I think that posting these on info-gnu-emacs would be
> a bad idea.  That list has a very low volume of mail.  This could make
> it 10 or 20 times as much.  There are probably people on it who don't
> want to get a higher volume from it.

We could use a telltale Subject, or some X-* header that people could
use to filter out those.

> So, where is a good place to announce new packages in GNU ELPA?
> Any suggestions?

gnu-emacs-sources@gnu.org is available, and is actually already used
for such announcements, see its archives at

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-emacs-sources/

So I'm unsure why this issue needs any action at this time, since we
seem to be doing TRT already.  Or what am I missing?