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: Request to distribute Casual packages on NonGNU ELPA Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:08:30 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8B0830CA-6995-454C-BC5A-E4247E259CE9@gmail.com> <87a5fvsi0x.fsf@posteo.net> <87y13fqyl3.fsf@posteo.net> 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="2713"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: kickingvegas@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 28 05:09:33 2024 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 1suNpt-0000WA-7V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2024 05:09:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1suNov-0007Ib-RO; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:08:33 -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 1suNot-0007I6-RZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:08:31 -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 1suNos-0005uS-LI; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:08:30 -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=1m6QiG76pq25YlojxD6/tPYrFyDOAz4hBPDn47R4C8o=; b=ZTLBaYCKr8YJ B9LtMpjd5qARtUpLNKrZy4CZyMCKm8xbSMf2YTWjx+lrGgOoRliM+iZ1xp/Qcbq/lHOjvnwI0zGx5 Ioj6SLRAUJpwwbEliYFzuTtWB0YWqROAcF1XOvneqNulc5ZoZwEjxVKVAs97Xi16tOHdeirQrSBa7 xN7BEhCquGqQdgsVveCPj2zEfXBLkUmQo1rzA7lt36ERkDNf7Ifi6jjXABVejWYJO5B8lJJVI3Yc8 9hUJwanMrv5srA8WYq71kFyuUsm3sheFHp2sZ+iZZ1x76p4C4boDH6rd6nJGaG3s6O+AqC/Os9Dak UaU3DJf3TBhlPAcVHz8C8w==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1suNos-00010U-Bp; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:08:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87y13fqyl3.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:15:36 +0000) 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:324151 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. ]]] > No, none of this is blocking. I just find it worthwhile to discuss some > more foundational questions before adding a package to ELPA, as an > outsides perspective can sometimes help to uncover questions that an > author might not have considered until now. That is a very useful practice -- we should always consider some of these questions for every package. Their answers show what kinds of advantages and disadvantages incorporating the package could lead to. In some cases, the answer is obvious. If there is a popular programming language called Bump and someone offers to contribute a major mode for Bump code, we know what sort of good that can do. But when it isn't obvious, it is good to raise the question. -- 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)