Re: ELPA commit freeze

[Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>]

On 21.08.2013 23:00, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> Please fix those README files in `elpa'.
>> You mean to make these changes local?
>
> Either that, or make the formulation such that it works in both cases.

That would work, assuming this text doesn't show up in 
`describe-buffer', see below.

>> I'd rather not have any unnecessary local changes, in general, and
>> doing things differently from Melpa doesn't seem like a good
>> idea either.
>
> In which way is it different?

They intentionally don't use external README* files for generating 
package-readme.txt. I've mentioned that before:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-08/msg00428.html

I guess elpa's main difference here is that you also display these texts 
on the elpa.gnu.org/packages/ "homepages".

Maybe they should be different: a homepage can list [different] 
installation options, but the contents of a `describe-package' buffer 
don't need any of them.

>> My point is, let's go back to using Commentary from <package-name>.el. If
>> any those descriptions seem lacking to you, let's improve them instead, and
>> others will be able to benefit from that, too.
>
> I can't think of any reason why the README file should have any
> significantly different content, since its role in places like github is
> pretty much the same anyway.

See above.