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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Jeremiah Dodds'" <jeremiah.dodds@gmail.com>,
	"'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: GNU ELPA visibility
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:18:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7D187A98A9224E80A13E609766D0DCAF@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874nliz5aw.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>

> > 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.




  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-25 20:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-25 19:30 GNU ELPA visibility Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 20:04 ` Jeremiah Dodds
2012-10-25 20:18   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-10-26  7:29   ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-27  6:33     ` Bastien
2012-10-26  4:22 ` Jambunathan K
2012-10-27  6:39   ` Bastien
2012-11-01  4:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-01  5:10   ` Jambunathan K
2012-11-01  5:13     ` chad
2012-11-01  5:18       ` Jambunathan K
2012-11-01 12:42     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-02  7:12       ` Daniel Hackney
2012-11-02  7:48         ` Jorgen Schaefer
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-10-25 19:58 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 21:23 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:34 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-25 21:47   ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:52     ` Drew Adams
2012-10-26  1:37     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 21:48 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2012-10-25 22:14 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 22:47 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2012-10-26 16:10 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-26 18:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-26 18:53   ` chad
2012-10-26 19:11     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-27  5:18 ` Chong Yidong
2012-10-27 11:26   ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-28 16:29 Daniel Hackney
2012-10-28 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-28 18:23   ` Andreas Schwab
2012-10-28 20:26 Dmitry Gutov
2012-11-02 18:47 Dmitry Gutov

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