From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: xenodasein--- via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On Contributing To Emacs Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2022 21:18:45 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <87lf033qyv.fsf@gmail.com> <83zgoiipn9.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: xenodasein@tutanota.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="9544"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org To: stefankangas@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 01 21:19:40 2022 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 1n3kqq-0002P7-Un for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2022 21:19:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44370 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n3kqp-0006HK-N9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:19:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42662) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n3kq3-0005K4-FF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:18:51 -0500 Original-Received: from w4.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.165]:38134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n3kq1-0005Aq-V4; Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:18:51 -0500 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w4.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66528106016D; Sat, 1 Jan 2022 20:18:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1641068325; s=s1; d=tutanota.de; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:References:Sender; bh=pI0bvv2Cra06p/3MEc1GgB6ng/HmlNjUzFc9DdCRQfo=; b=WnYRSwiu/M6YUSjd2ZuPJXm3ec7SPQoYgz3spM8A75QbLEGDswnHoA5ZNHjzCsfE zd/k/1zA+7+Kt7fvuyE+KQn5t9+NHJxjiYmvoYJzZEAOfDV93YYQb6rrrDmuxiC5IfI SElWTm/PhG0OP0fj7wSfHvfWQ77VamvtD6LZcbVuuOPLT3QBwSpUbMwiEwVL/1XEV2I psXAeuBScBT2BJSuUEeAxINnK4D6ub7kNK8kyCXo81+8YaUW4zd75dDchyygzCenyU1 CVsffj4HOTKny4KJcy8wGGXuA9yONnjxJki1n+LGwkKJ+xmIdJF/xQz4B4MTTZUrHag hyk6g5Cdsw== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.3.6.165; envelope-from=xenodasein@tutanota.de; helo=w4.tutanota.de X-Spam_score_int: -1 X-Spam_score: -0.2 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.2 / 5.0 requ) DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:283815 Archived-At: Dec 30, 2021, 13:34 by stefankangas@gmail.com: > xenodasein--- via "Emacs development discussions." > writes: > >> Would it be possible to make an exception for built-in packages that >> act as kind of a gateway, like package.el?=C2=A0 It could be developed i= nside >> the previous major release, and have more frequent minor releases. >> In practice once in a few months should be enough, if at all. >> > > AFAIU, that is what core packages are for. > What is a "core package?"=C2=A0 Never seen that term inside Emacs before. Is package.el one?=C2=A0 If it was on ELPA, what would install it?