From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Adding packages to ELPA Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:02:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wq97i78i.fsf@earlgrey.lan> <87sijqxzr2.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <877g11c8wh.fsf@gmx.us> <83fvfo15z7.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411149794 30902 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2014 18:03:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 20:03:09 2014 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 1XV2WS-00042Z-6d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:03:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59768 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV2WR-00065T-QF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:03:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60892) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV2WF-0005sT-Vj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:02:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV2WE-0000ks-2u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:02:55 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59133) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV2WE-0000jP-0e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:02:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV2W8-0001ww-Bm; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:02:48 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:26:46 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:174568 Archived-At: [[[ 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. ]]] Also, I think it's important to include packages in GNU ELPA *early*. I agree completely. So I regularly see answers like "yes, I'd be honored to put this in GNU ELPA when it's finished, but it's still being developed" (and this is typically for packages that have seen a couple releases announced on gnu.emacs.sources). How about if you respond, "We can defer the actual move if you like, but to make sure we CAN move it later, could you please sign papers now, and follow our practices with other contributors"? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.