From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CVS is the `released version' Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 07:06:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87y7jsf0yd.fsf@ambire.localdomain> References: <2cd46e7f0705101124r72000f78xdf05d18ca815ca57@mail.gmail.com> <17991.47259.210100.801472@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179119232 32681 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2007 05:07:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 05:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Tom Tromey Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 14 07:07:11 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HnSm2-0007pK-RB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:07:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HnStk-0002jD-86 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 01:15:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HnStf-0002ic-2h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 01:14:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HnStb-0002hX-Nq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 01:14:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HnStb-0002hU-Is for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 01:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out1.libero.it ([212.52.84.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HnSln-00080R-Jh; Mon, 14 May 2007 01:06:52 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (172.31.0.47) by smtp-out1.libero.it (7.3.120) id 4611FD1802719275; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:06:32 +0200 X-Scanned: with antispam and antivirus automated system at libero.it Original-Received: from smtp-out4.libero.it ([172.31.0.40]) by localhost (asav-out6.libero.it [192.168.32.34]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pPaPdZ7dMxg2; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:06:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ambire.localdomain (151.21.32.141) by smtp-out4.libero.it (7.3.120) id 4611FEBC03880F3A; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:06:32 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire.localdomain with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HnSlm-0000qZ-Gx; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:06:50 +0200 In-Reply-To: <17991.47259.210100.801472@localhost.localdomain> (Tom Tromey's message of "Sun\, 13 May 2007 18\:17\:15 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:70996 Archived-At: () Tom Tromey () Sun, 13 May 2007 18:17:15 -0700 packages consisting of a single .el file (the most common kind) are very easy to fix up for inclusion. That's because package.el can usually extract the information it needs for files following the already existing Emacs commenting guidelines. does "very easy" include "without modification"? that would be great. someone else mentioned that xemacs' package system imposes policy that ends up not being followed. what plans would you have to make package.el operate completely heuristically (possibly w/ human intervention to fix glitches)? i think the long-term merit of package.el will not be what it can do given assistence (compliance to policy), but what it can do w/o. thi