From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Builder, a build system integration for Emacs Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 00:26:42 +0000 Message-ID: <3a315ddd3a36e2c8014f@heytings.org> References: <95980ffc-86e7-ad54-4a20-539d8c6ea5d0@mailo.com> <3f68f4bc-d426-0bcc-1329-674c12b29386@mailo.com> <76e12f7c-335f-476b-ffb3-fd8e8e4ab5d0@mailo.com> <87pm6rx4ea.fsf@yahoo.com> <87wn0ytefw.fsf@gmail.com> <87v8ggsnkp.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14854"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, tomas@tuxteam.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat May 27 02:27:02 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q2hlt-0003cT-Qj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 27 May 2023 02:27:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q2hlg-000251-AP; Fri, 26 May 2023 20:26:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q2hld-00023D-PH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 May 2023 20:26:45 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q2hlc-00044J-0G; Fri, 26 May 2023 20:26:45 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1685147202; bh=Bx0msBFWtRlA9wJvXUjAfaBOnqQIu1eTf/abvBBQ7W4=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=Vx3UJ6UNoFgICaGV8QLfJnRHjPEmZFcGTXgNWtjrAyYjhSL2a1TOaLaInmKOH7A8/ R3XrbseHAqVZ7Iw48OKNKH1sN1POTanjayTs1xc8aaUaoYG9Tcpz9wQnTObheoGJgb uQtMLdNPV5vPs8h3ZglrtB37Q9KiNKxfUfp3Wdk8NP8oPtbf324ecI/E88tUKxAjdM ybqCdMdogQURuPo3eltXudUmuBQRmwW6OOn7Dkm6cPLUkzPM0TJKoKmX+1xhOWHBTA DI/0XEfPtU/tB9tOuO2dfzSO/hzw6yzLQ7O66VCpTF4RoJ/tMQGX9YKTQAPwyK2LYz KY91p/GUV+tuQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306361 Archived-At: >> You are confusing two different things: distros which distribute >> binaries to end-users (Debian and others) and source code repositories. > > We make a distinction, but it's not exacty that distinction as described > in the lines above. > Indeed, my words were not accurate enough. > > On one hand, we have distros. A distro lists programs that in principle > you may wish to install side by side in one computer. (Yes, it has more > wrinkles than that, but that's the basic point.) You're likely to see > all of them as choices for what you might install. > > On the other hand, we have repo sites where in principle anyone can put > a program. Those programs are not all meant to be potentially used > together. They may even be written for different platforms. Basically, > the packages in a repo site are not a menu of packages to install. > Being interested in one package there does not mean you want to know > about the other packages hosted there. > > That fundamental difference in purpose is the reason that we use > different criteria for judging distros and judging repo sites. Their > respective criteria are based on their purposes. > With that clarified distinction, the crates.io registry is clearly in the category of "repo sites where in principle anyone can put a program" (or library).