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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: mlang@delysid.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [elpa] chess.el: Req. for comment/review: Info manual
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:42:02 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83a999tybp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv38f23qyb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: mlang@delysid.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:29:09 -0400
> 
> Largish packages are better off in a separate "external" branch.

Why?  The disadvantage is clear: it's more complicated to work with a
package that is on a branch.  What are the advantages?

> > because it no longer fits the other packages in externals in
> > this respect.
> 
> You mean like w3?  rudel?  dismal?
> auctex and ergoemacs-mode are the only two "external" packages which
> have some other upstream.

Then README needs some real rework.



  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-19  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-12 19:23 [elpa] chess.el: Req. for comment/review: Info manual Mario Lang
2014-06-14 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-14 18:48   ` Mario Lang
2014-06-14 19:08   ` Mario Lang
2014-06-14 19:24     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-14 21:09       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-18 15:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-18 18:09   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-18 18:34     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-18 18:55       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-18 19:11         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-18 20:29           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-19  2:42             ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-06-18 18:20   ` Mario Lang
2014-06-18 18:36     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-18 18:58       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-18 19:13         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-18 20:36           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-19  2:44             ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-19 15:18               ` Richard Stallman
2014-06-19 15:22                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-18 19:20         ` Mario Lang
2014-06-18 20:36           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-19  3:37       ` Glenn Morris
2014-06-19 15:18     ` Eli Zaretskii

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