From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [elpa] chess.el: Req. for comment/review: Info manual Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:42:02 +0300 Message-ID: <83a999tybp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874mzqszid.fsf@fx.delysid.org> <83vbrytft7.fsf@gnu.org> <83ionyt6b2.fsf@gnu.org> <83d2e6t4lz.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1403145758 28068 80.91.229.3 (19 Jun 2014 02:42:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:42:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mlang@delysid.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 19 04:42:31 2014 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 1WxSJ4-0002PE-8w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 04:42:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33361 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxSJ3-0002fo-BN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:42:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39463) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxSIw-0002fe-UP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:42:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxSIs-0006XJ-6A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:42:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:36779) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxSIr-0006XB-Tx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:42:18 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N7E00G009QH4E00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:40:43 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N7E00DKAA3V8E30@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:40:43 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.184 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:172527 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > 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.