Re: NonGNU ELPA work

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:26:13 -0500
> Cc: philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
>   > We last discussed this 12 months ago, and AFAICT we arrived at the
>   > conclusion that there is no need for a strict rule to contact the
>   > authors before including the package.
> 
> That is not what I recall.  On the contrary, I've been concerned all
> year about whether we were making clear arrangements with the
> developers of packages that we put into NonGNU ELPA.  That is a recipe
> for problems that will show up later.

AFAIR, your concerns were addressed back then.

> My memory is sometimes forgetful.  Did I ever say I agreed that we had
> no need to contact the authors in advance?  If so, I'd like to see
> what I said.

I don't think you said you agreed explicitly, but all of the concerns
you described were addressed, and you didn't respond to the last
messages in that discussion.