From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Adding major or popular language modes to Emacs distribution Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 18:01:46 +0300 Message-ID: <83tuj9mx45.fsf@gnu.org> References: <875yvqa3qv.fsf@ypei.me> <87czpy1nyu.fsf@posteo.net> <87zgt28nxy.fsf@ypei.me> <835yvpoflj.fsf@gnu.org> <8dc29003-04c4-52ba-5d54-074cda14db41@yandex.ru> <834kb9of1c.fsf@gnu.org> <97dde868-4a51-8b04-dbfc-0ad076b15a5d@yandex.ru> <83y28lmy8c.fsf@gnu.org> <2ac7970f-9b52-64e0-0e16-8b426547f406@yandex.ru> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19221"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: philipk@posteo.net, hi@ypei.me, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 28 17:03:27 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mJzrg-0004jf-9i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:03:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33992 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJzre-0008GU-H3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2021 11:03:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJzqP-0007AY-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2021 11:02:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38846) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJzqO-0004cO-0b; Sat, 28 Aug 2021 11:02:04 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1885 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJzqJ-0000BU-IX; Sat, 28 Aug 2021 11:02:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <2ac7970f-9b52-64e0-0e16-8b426547f406@yandex.ru> (message from Dmitry Gutov on Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:46:25 +0300) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:273317 Archived-At: > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, philipk@posteo.net, hi@ypei.me, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Dmitry Gutov > Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:46:25 +0300 > > On 28.08.2021 17:37, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >>>> There is a known existing disagreement on this issue among contributors. > >>> If a contributor_wants_ to have the package in ELPA, that's his/her > >>> prerogative, which should be respected. But in this particular case > >>> the contributor asked about our preferences, and that was what my > >>> response was about. > >> You stated your preferences, right? > > No, I stated the current project's policy, which is still unchanged > > since long ago. It happens to be my personal preference as well, but > > that's not what the OP asked about. > > I don't remember seeing such a policy documented anywhere. It comes from the time when there was no ELPA. At that time, there was no need to document it, of course. > But suppose it is so. What would it take to change it? > > We might hold off on having such discussion until the "ELPA bundling" > feature is more or less ready, but it would be nice to know in advance. Yes, that's the prerequisite for these discussions, I think. I don't know of any others, but if anyone else does, please speak up.