From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dmitry Gutov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GNU ELPA visibility Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:23:06 +0400 Message-ID: <5089ADBA.5050504@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351200192 8779 80.91.229.3 (25 Oct 2012 21:23:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:23:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, jeremiah.dodds@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: drew.adams@oracle.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 25 23:23:19 2012 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 1TRUta-0005X2-EP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:23:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47920 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRUtS-0005XE-Ln for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:23:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59292) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRUtP-0005Wy-U8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:23:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRUtO-0007fU-PA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from forward10.mail.yandex.net ([77.88.61.49]:60975) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRUtO-0007fK-8i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:23:06 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp7.mail.yandex.net (smtp7.mail.yandex.net [77.88.61.55]) by forward10.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 405D610205E4; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:23:03 +0400 (MSK) Original-Received: from smtp7.mail.yandex.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp7.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id EA2B3158035C; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:23:02 +0400 (MSK) Original-Received: from 5x166x242x229.dynamic.spb.ertelecom.ru (5x166x242x229.dynamic.spb.ertelecom.ru [5.166.242.229]) by smtp7.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id N2YOP0Gs-N2YOVeop; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:23:02 +0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1351200182; bh=vdv8Nh3LKq4WWPh9xqeg7SyFWYz6wCLYjHuUW5J3aRw=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject: Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=koukWXrS1uEKAL4VMc5lkysLnsuQcu7deqJBomrx4hsm60oMGEuT8H3GwQZkzcyBr x1Dj2HXZBpfFjeeVGgQkQl0ePUL9ZGPt+zVut9PQ7D5U2AvSo0We4FV/jbe//H9M3w tB+TmiFsXjocZ47bf2q+wxAsa1rY4DGap6+hKeDo= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121010 Thunderbird/16.0.1 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 77.88.61.49 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:154512 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> > When looking for an Elisp package or feature, most people reach for >> > their browser before reaching for M-x list-packages. >> > But packages distributed via GNU ELPA won't show up because >> > they're not visible to search engines. >> >> I think it's very likely that M-x list-packages will get much more >> common as time progresses. It's certainly the first thing that I go to >> nowadays. > > I vote for including more by default in `package-archives'. > > In particular, include ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/"). That > might not be the blessed, "canonical" archive site, but it is certainly one of > the most used and most useful. Maybe after they implement the feature "stable packages from tags"? It really is the most useful repository, though. And the only one still actively maintained, among alternative repos. --Dmitry