Re: packages submissions : ob-sql-session and org-blog

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Phil Estival <pe@7d.nz> writes:

> * [2024-09-11 09:24] Philip Kaludercic:
>> Phil Estival <pe@7d.nz> writes:
>>> Hello
> on ob-sql-session
>>> that I'd like to submit to ELPA, with
>>> the advise and approval of emacs-devel.
>> Just to be sure, you mean GNU ELPA (not NonGNU ELPA), right?
>
> I think so. The ownership transferred to the FSF and a copyright
> assignment. 

Right.

>             One word about the license notice: I'm in agreement
> with Stephan's opinion:
>> historically we have accepted both "is part of GNU Emacs" and "is NOT
>> part of GNU Emacs".  IMO the better choice is to say neither.

Yeah, that is fine.

> on org-blog :
>> Hmm, I don't know if we have any literate programs on ELPA yet.  If you
>> prefer that style of development, that is fair, but what I would suggest
>> would be to add a Makefile and extract the elisp at "compile-time", or
>> in the case of ELPA when the tarball is being built.
>> skimming through the .org file (which most certainly should /not/ be
>> the README btw) the code could also use some cleaning
>> up, at least if the intention is to publish it as a generic package.
>
>> The functions don't seem to adhere to a specific conventional namespace,
>
>> I have my doubts as to how much sense it would make to try and convert
>> this personal code into a proper package, instead of starting over again :/
>
> Understood. I'll be back with something cleaner, reconsider
> where it can rely on the existing structures, and seek more advice
> on the Org mailing list. Thanks for everything.

Thank you, and I hope my words were not too harsh.  I am not an
org-mode expert, perhaps the people on the org-mode mailing list might
have some comments and ideas on how to best implement your idea.

> Phil
>

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