Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs

["Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>]

Hi Ted,

Thanks for the thorough reply, this clears everything up.

Best -- Eric

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:29:12 -0700 "Eric Schulte"
> <schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ES> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>> 
>>> But since the FSF-copyright assignment regime would still apply to
>>> ELPA, we'd wouldn't be able to accept big packages like auctex anyway?
>
> ES> If this is true and ELPA has the same strict copyright restrictions as
> ES> the Emacs core, then IMO we're losing a significant portion of the
> ES> benefit of ELPA.
>
> It's *not* ELPA, it's elpa.gnu.org.  Tom Tromey runs ELPA.  I make the
> distinction again because it matters:
>
> ES> There are many packages which will never secure sufficient copyright
> ES> permissions to be included into Emacs.  Such packages were previously
> ES> available through ELPA.  Where can these packages live now?
>
> Tom Tromey's ELPA (http://tromey.com/elpa/) will not go away.  You can
> also host your own ELPA-style package repository.  All you need is a web
> site with a package directory.
>
> The only thing that makes elpa.gnu.org special is that some of the
> package repositories it hosts will be enabled by default with Emacs 24.
> But this requires that elpa.gnu.org only host assigned packages, unlike
> Tom Tromey's ELPA.
>
> ES> Would it make sense to setup a second ELPA repository for non-FSF
> ES> software?
>
> Yes and I suggested it to the Emacs maintainers a while ago, but Tom
> Tromey's ELPA may be sufficient (and also see ELL at
> http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/sje30/emacs/ell.html and
> http://www.emacswiki.org/ElispArea).  I think we should concentrate on
> getting elpa.gnu.org operational first and then cast a wider net.
>
> Ted