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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: thievol@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 23:47:12 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1qTaAC-0003BX-Im@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87350vt1wz.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:30:52 +0000)

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  > > When a package is available in Melpa do we have to add it in nongnu as
  > > well to satisfy dependencies for a package already in nongnu?

  > Yes, if the dependency is missing someone only using GNU ELPA and NonGNU
  > ELPA wouldn't be able to install the package due to a missing dependency
  > and that is obviously not intended.

Our policy for Emacs is that we do not refer to MELPA for any reason.
That is because MELPA does not follow our policies about promoting
only free sofware.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-08-09  3:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-07  7:57 Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-07 13:30 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-07 18:19   ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-07 20:33     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08  4:33       ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-08  5:52         ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08  6:17           ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-15 16:55           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-15 17:34             ` Eshel Yaron
2023-08-15 19:39               ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 10:53                 ` Adam Porter
2023-08-15 18:56             ` Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-15 19:52               ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 11:25                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-16 18:48                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16  6:51             ` Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-16 10:10               ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 10:14                 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-16 11:03                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 11:55                     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-16 18:34                       ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 18:49                         ` Stefan Kangas
2023-08-16 19:00                           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17  5:30                         ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17  8:34                           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17  9:07                             ` Eshel Yaron
2023-08-17 14:19                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 13:32                             ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 14:04                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 14:15                                 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 13:56                             ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 14:18                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 14:28                               ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 18:17                                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-18  4:57                                   ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-18  5:44                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-18  7:49                                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-18 12:43                                       ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-18 18:34                                       ` Adding package and package-vc to ELPA Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-19 10:26                                         ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20  6:40                             ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20  7:51                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-20 16:06                               ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 18:41                                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-20 19:15                                   ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 20:24                                     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 20:28                                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 14:10                 ` Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-16 18:52                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08  6:01       ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-08  6:34       ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-08 16:37         ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08 16:41           ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-09  7:06             ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-09 11:53               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-09 14:53                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-09 14:55                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-09 15:24                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-09 16:23                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-09  3:47   ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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2023-08-09 21:55 No Wayman

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