From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.tangents Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:48:53 +0000 Message-ID: <26475995-EEB8-4B71-8B06-A7B7B4C8A737@gnu.support> References: <6193374b-a60d-ba82-91b5-afdede18e3bb@yandex.ru> <72871d3a-3b6a-d6fd-01cc-4248f817923c@yandex.ru> <801f93f3-8c1f-5f5f-6351-e1169bc309ae@yandex.ru> <83k0sp27f6.fsf@gnu.org> <23f3f74f-c3d3-ec74-f1da-d0416d026c0d@yandex.ru> <834kjslexq.fsf@gnu.org> <83pn2fkiv5.fsf@gnu.org> 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="40048"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: ulm@gentoo.org, rms@gnu.org, arthur.miller@live.com, dgutov@yandex.ru To: emacs-tangents@gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii , "Alfred M. Szmidt" Original-X-From: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 08 12:49:35 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: get-emacs-tangents@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 1kxqGs-000AIn-Fd for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:49:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34282 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxqGr-00045s-Hz for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 06:49:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44778) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxqGT-000431-NT for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 06:49:09 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:50635) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxqGS-0001gD-28; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 06:49:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [10.152.120.21] ([::ffff:41.210.145.49]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000005613E.000000005FF846B0.00007DC5; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:49:03 -0700 In-Reply-To: <83pn2fkiv5.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-tangents@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs news and miscellaneous discussions outside the scope of other Emacs mailing lists List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-tangents" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.tangents:514 Archived-At: That is maybe your way of finding free software=2E Since 1999 I find it fro= m distributions and if I don't believe it enough I will look into license= =2E I never go to proprietary software catalogue to find free software=2E Toda= y we know by work of fully free and FSF endorsed Distributions which packag= es are free and which not=2E Easy On January 8, 2021 7:06:38 AM UTC, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: "Alfred M=2E Szmidt" >> Cc: dgutov@yandex=2Eru, bugs@gnu=2Esupport, arthur=2Emiller@live=2Ecom, >> rms@gnu=2Eorg, ulm@gentoo=2Eorg, emacs-tangets@gnu=2Eorg >> Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:07:17 -0500 >>=20 >> I presented a practical problem I have every day in my role as a >GNU >> maintainer=2E Why can't you respond to that specific problem, which >is >> both of practical interest and of relevance to Emacs? >>=20 >> Because I don't see how it is a problem that the GNU project is going >> to solve=2E Nor is it one _I_ wish to help you solve either, because I >> think non-free software is bad so I'm won't be helping with that=2E It >> is also not a task that you must solve as a GNU maintainer, you can >> fully ignore it infact if you so want to -- but that is up to you=2E > >How can I ignore a package before I _know_ that it is non-free? And >how can I know it's non-free except by looking at it?