From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On Contributing To Emacs Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:17:51 +0000 Message-ID: <87v8z6bj68.fsf@posteo.net> References: <87v8zbp5l7.fsf@posteo.net> <87ee5ymhsz.fsf@posteo.net> <87r19xktnz.fsf@posteo.net> <87bl0ziujk.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5207"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 30 09:18:38 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 1n2qdw-00018J-Ph for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:18:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51860 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n2qdu-0001ne-O5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2021 03:18:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33272) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n2qdH-00017r-VC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2021 03:17:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:42589) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n2qdG-0006yf-1B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2021 03:17:55 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71129240026 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:17:52 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1640852272; bh=9KZT/p2gxCX5T+ej2yFMJ8mPBRtt+fKDQI78vVaPY18=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=hRZ67WnU4nbwHXmh8xUxOTFL3yeNyL5RbZ+qTc5hFQtEO9ipMfDIYMxx1glsE7XGG 0YJbDm6s72maJyNMZ6Iwv29Q0r2k//2kKF/uscgWQ34/+AH8+Eau5kqe+4VTdbH88G wfFNE3klTnm1abcV/nEN8+trn9hHJ0uHm0Wh5IQzLEtMqeGPZkLFU6078vJgBmdRAN tlYI8rOtjKrH0PwhDQdKcpxp5JqOlY+PdDPkgfSV5aiBtLIrtwmzdB4zFCPgpAbudg OuviGG/DaHEY/67Sq0xBhRDy/HcNMsmQiiY2eBNv3CmrzOM2HDpdJJfftSizTm7r4H vZPr5k9bpnQtw== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4JPh3M66Gxz6tlh; Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:17:51 +0100 (CET) Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 29 Dec 2021 23:28:34 -0500") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -24 X-Spam_score: -2.5 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.5 / 5.0 requ) DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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:283624 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > Ok, I see. No, there would certainly not be a default inclination > > towards GitHub. Instead my idea was that a package might specify where > > to find its repository, and if you enter a package name that has a > > header like this: > > > ;; VC: https://vcs.host/path/to/repo.git > > > package-fetch would use this. > > That's fine -- but note that the packages in NonGNU ELPA should list > NonGNU ELPA as the repo. They shouldn't refer people to GitHub. > > In some cases, the NonGNU ELPA version might contain some of our own > patches. That might be tricky, as a header like this would be added by the package developer, with the point to ease upstream contribution. I don't see how this issue could be solved fairly. -- Philip Kaludercic