From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [GNU ELPA] New package: Urgrep Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 18:13:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871qjpuc4s.fsf@posteo.net> <363bc371-3d9f-1934-7ee2-0c46263f3849@gmail.com> <87bkishfjb.fsf@posteo.net> <87ttwk2iwf.fsf@posteo.net> <4b8c5718-9ee6-2f6b-aa73-535948eb593e@gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27399"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jim Porter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 16 00:14:01 2023 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 1pygS9-0006xQ-N3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 May 2023 00:14:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pygRt-0001H1-Oc; Mon, 15 May 2023 18:13:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pygRs-0001GS-Kh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 May 2023 18:13:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pygRs-0006Dy-Ap; Mon, 15 May 2023 18:13:44 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=VIrQWdWxMMKNhkQQFyi0IvAiN5dmUZDuiLJLT26xC7g=; b=E2ZxI/7gd1q4 9FankehgjmV+7mx5CWgnEdXBbqtYUDnZGDumNgCshEMCCVwAxvClK50u4f+mX7JYQlV3qstvINNbi 8auSATT8oFmQIsQ1CzGioyAcySzOAOz2zhBCMOMPT/K0M8tOxrTWEzuGYv1Z0fruOPW8c6ORtHK0o kUwVUXNT9+rb18p4giJeX5FK6Ns/RW8/g9D5KZiVjoR/rwMyaXD8mYkDcKoFMa1d/zvcpy2vbBDRo cKvLDNlk+g+wnzcaIlFeENz1mUozIp96xEEczwEoUR0bBd1azIXRp6pgnvNqjZA9o8vxyyyAbNUAF fLO9vyx9bOj2A9/v4v6pag==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pygRr-0004Ju-0T; Mon, 15 May 2023 18:13:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4b8c5718-9ee6-2f6b-aa73-535948eb593e@gmail.com> (message from Jim Porter on Fri, 12 May 2023 14:59:57 -0700) 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306133 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. ]]] > > > ;; Most README.md files seem to be currently worse than the Commentary: > > > ;; section :-( "README.md" > > > > Could someone please explain what that text is supposed to mean? > > I can't tell the intended meaning. > I think it just means that, for existing packages whose README file is > "README.md", the Commentary section of the main PACKAGE.el file usually > has more useful information. Therefore, ELPA chooses to ignore README.md > by default and show the Commentary section instead for applicable packages. That makes sense. Can we replace these terse and cryptic words > ;; Most README.md files seem to be currently worse than the Commentary: > ;; section :-( "README.md" with something clear like the text that you suggested above? -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)