From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GNU ELPA visibility Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:29:23 +0200 Message-ID: <877gqd8ze4.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <874nliz5aw.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351236573 7254 80.91.229.3 (26 Oct 2012 07:29:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jeremiah Dodds Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 26 09:29:41 2012 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 1TReMP-0007Hi-86 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:29:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52204 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TReMH-0001S7-7m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:29:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46223) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TReMF-0001S2-Hz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:29:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TReMB-00008O-Iy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:29:31 -0400 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]:35596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TReMB-00008I-Ce for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:29:27 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78FC8D2228; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:29:26 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9wBUmSu_RbO4; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:29:25 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tsdh@gnu.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E141CD2224; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:29:25 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Followup-To: Jeremiah Dodds , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <874nliz5aw.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Jeremiah Dodds's message of "Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:04:55 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 141.26.64.15 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:154521 Archived-At: Jeremiah Dodds writes: >> 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. Ditto, but the package explanations given there are far from informative enough to find the package you need for your task at hand. I look there first, but then google up the packages that sound relevant, and in the end that almost always leads to emacswiki. It would be good if every package would at least complement Version and Summary with a longer description, a link to its homepage (or emacswiki page if it has no homepage), and the date when it was updated the last time. Bye, Tassilo