From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Best practice for sharing new Emacs modules Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:43:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <46ae5c06-92df-424a-8465-7ac9638fbb16@default> References: <87bn8rkikj.fsf@mattleach.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1452548668 28185 80.91.229.3 (11 Jan 2016 21:44:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:44:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, Matthew Leach Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 11 22:44:17 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aIkG8-0007Dq-Ps for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:44:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56993 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIkG8-0004LZ-26 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:44:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53093) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIkG4-0004Ks-6f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:44:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIkG1-0006nL-0h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:44:12 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:38160) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIkG0-0006mQ-Q5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:44:08 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u0BLi1qe014543 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:44:02 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0BLi0pq030332 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:44:00 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0BLi0Z3010823; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:44:00 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:198054 Archived-At: > > I do have one question: what is the best/accepted way to share > > the code with the Emacs community? >=20 > 1. You can send us the .el file and ask to have it included in GNU > Elpa (this means it will show up for anyone who runs `M-x > list-packages'). >=20 > 2. You can push it to Github and then have it included on Melpa (see > https://github.com/milkypostman/melpa for instructions). >=20 > These two options are not mutually exclusive, but they're pretty > redundant, so I'd recommend just choosing one. You can also post in on Emacs Wiki, in the Elisp Area: http://www.emacswiki.org/ElispArea And then send a message to contact@milkbox.net with a simple recipe for inclusion in MELPA. MELPA can pick up libraries automatically (e.g. daily) from GitHub or the wiki. For the wiki, you just need to provide a recipe. A "recipe" can be as simple as this, where the part after `;' is a short description. (character-fold+ :fetcher wiki) ; Extensions to `character-fold.el'. If the library includes multiple files then the recipe is a bit more involved. You can contact contact@milkbox.net for more info.