From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:12:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87leuca7v7.fsf@disroot.org> <87h74ztshe.fsf@gmx.de> <871qw31ois.fsf@yahoo.com> <8735gj4ceo.fsf@gnu.org> <87sfojz63r.fsf@yahoo.com> <87h74z5nio.fsf@localhost> <87ilpf45mo.fsf@disroot.org> <87pmjnumzg.fsf@posteo.net> <877d5ut6z6.fsf@posteo.net> <87o7yink44.fsf@posteo.net> <87letjzppl.fsf@posteo.net> <87letjinbr.fsf@posteo.net> <87h746xw07.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40353"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Akib Azmain Turja , Ihor Radchenko , Po Lu , Tassilo Horn , Michael Albinus , Alan Mackenzie , Stefan Kangas , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 27 14:14:51 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 1o5ndi-000AKe-Ga for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:14:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46220 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5ndg-00074G-Qd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:14:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41008) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5nbR-0004Zx-AJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:34070) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5nbO-0001U6-7g; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:12:28 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 809D5100169; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:12:23 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1BD5B100121; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:12:22 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1656331942; bh=z+QsaA1A3iWYHAi4yGhnw08CzTqR4hXlejuRoI0T8Kc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=oF3tnwEp/wqaVjncdolOY0/7OzQnZ1zNoM5lk29w6idlNCpano/BACcxHzbItEG+J 1NC5zKY/c4YljRLXpmJuz4HwKqXVOJTbUwVrKeEx3fXdyqH9PeOSiHrt5IeyEKliK0 Pgip+mCElwf+NgIQQLDpzwhzD++r31pyu56wmzJNDegHKwDZzE7BxJ2RFY0qeCHh7B WuOi53MoFSpnVF03CkXWJarAxuQeWwRqOy9nRLhJkUesq1P6q27qUPBC4YevL6dVvK /henyGEHMpUvmuh3LXWz3Cet585b/x4VpzKs6QRyzS2pWv5PGvqmqxy9u2MKrZQDks vipRy+KP3UbmQ== Original-Received: from alfajor (smb-adp04.hotspot.hub-one.net [213.174.99.154]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C9D0A120153; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:12:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87h746xw07.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:04:40 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham 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:291657 Archived-At: > As in sending upstream patches? That's what I meant, yes. > From my experience a lot of maintainers (regrettably) prefer something > that renders well on sites like GitHub or GitLab than that is readable > as plain text. The kinds of changes mentioned shouldn't make any difference in terms of rendering. > This is also related to the point I had raised earlier in the thread > that when a package generates a manual from a Org README, using the same > file as a README file results in too much (redundant) information. I don't think it's our role to fix this problem: the (Non)GNU infrastructure offers a place to put a "README" and another to put a "manual" and it's up to the package's authors to use this as they think is best. Stefan