From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-tangents@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, ulm@gentoo.org, ams@gnu.org,
arthur.miller@live.com, dgutov@yandex.ru
Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:56:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BDA03918-CAB9-444E-9A99-AE101F02DD7B@gnu.support> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <834kjrk3ox.fsf@gnu.org>
Does that mean you wish to exclusively include repology.el into GNU ELPA?
Like you can't use that package without including it in GNU ELPA? Can you use website directly?
I can.
What is real problem there?
On January 8, 2021 12:34:22 PM UTC, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:48:53 +0000
>> CC: rms@gnu.org, ulm@gentoo.org, arthur.miller@live.com,
>> dgutov@yandex.ru
>> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
>>
>> That is maybe your way of finding free software. Since 1999 I find it
>from distributions and if I don't believe it enough I will look into
>license.
>
>I'm not talking about finding free software, I'm talking about
>determining whether a given package is free software, and under what
>license it is distributed. The FSD doesn't give me that information.
>It also doesn't give me enough information about related components,
>like fonts, for example.
>
>Finding the facts about these components is the bread and butter of
>every GNU maintainer for a more-or-less complex GNU package. Not
>being able to do this part of my job with GNU-endorsed free software
>is a major blow. And the most painful part of that blow is that I
>cannot understand the reasons for it. Once again, repology.org does
>NOT promote any software packages it lists, regardless of
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-08 13:56 UTC|newest]
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2021-01-07 8:49 ` [ELPA] New package: repology.el Jean Louis
[not found] ` <E1kxQ31-0004sd-LG@fencepost.gnu.org>
[not found] ` <uy2h5xbhd@gentoo.org>
2021-01-07 11:46 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-07 19:38 ` Ulrich Mueller
2021-01-07 20:23 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-08 11:54 ` Ulrich Mueller
2021-01-08 18:23 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-09 6:35 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-07 18:18 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
[not found] ` <X/bNnq5XiOMeKhgu@protected.rcdrun.com>
2021-01-08 6:25 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-08 6:30 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-09 6:45 ` frepology.org Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 8:11 ` frepology.org Jean Louis
2021-01-11 4:47 ` frepology.org Richard Stallman
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[not found] ` <E1kxGCp-0006oD-PA@fencepost.gnu.org>
[not found] ` <83wnwolu2i.fsf@gnu.org>
2021-01-07 18:18 ` [ELPA] New package: repology.el Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-01-07 19:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-07 21:07 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-01-07 21:17 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-08 17:22 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-01-08 19:43 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-09 6:41 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 8:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-08 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-10 5:59 ` Sv: " arthur miller
2021-01-11 4:43 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-11 13:35 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-12 6:10 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-12 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-12 15:28 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-12 6:11 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-12 14:08 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-13 5:43 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-15 14:46 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-09 6:34 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 19:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-11 4:43 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 6:37 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 8:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <23f3f74f-c3d3-ec74-f1da-d0416d026c0d@yandex.ru>
[not found] ` <E1kxGuO-00079C-NR@fencepost.gnu.org>
[not found] ` <b94804db-7140-d450-6fc2-5afa440a8736@yandex.ru>
[not found] ` <E1kxZru-0007Cl-DD@fencepost.gnu.org>
2021-01-07 18:46 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-07 21:07 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-01-08 7:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-08 10:14 ` Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el] Göktuğ Kayaalp
2021-01-08 11:46 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-08 12:51 ` Aldric Giacomoni
2021-01-08 16:23 ` Ulrich Mueller
2021-01-08 18:47 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-09 6:42 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-11 14:11 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-12 6:09 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-12 14:29 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-08 19:17 ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2021-01-09 6:41 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-11 14:24 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-12 6:09 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-12 14:19 ` Arthur Miller
2021-10-04 13:46 ` Time to dial back the dialectic? [was: Re: Privileges and practicalities] dick
2021-10-04 14:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-06 20:53 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 7:25 ` Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el] Jean Louis
2021-01-10 17:18 ` Devin Prater
2021-01-11 15:57 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-09 6:40 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 6:40 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-11 13:47 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-12 6:10 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-12 14:32 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-13 5:42 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-08 13:53 ` [ELPA] New package: repology.el Jean Louis
2021-01-08 17:22 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-01-08 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-08 19:40 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-10 6:06 ` Sv: " arthur miller
2021-01-11 4:42 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-11 13:00 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-12 6:11 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-12 14:10 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-13 5:42 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 6:37 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 8:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-10 6:31 ` Sv: " arthur miller
2021-01-13 5:29 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-15 14:37 ` Arthur Miller
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[not found] ` <X/dsHBhcgPAXbqwe@protected.rcdrun.com>
2021-01-07 20:34 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-07 20:47 ` Jean Louis
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[not found] ` <E1kxcV3-0005Rt-7a@fencepost.gnu.org>
2021-01-08 7:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-08 11:48 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-08 12:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-08 13:56 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-01-08 14:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-08 18:27 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-08 19:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-09 6:41 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 8:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-10 6:07 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-10 6:04 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-10 6:04 ` Richard Stallman
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[not found] ` <83eeiwlsn6.fsf@gnu.org>
2021-01-07 19:38 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-07 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-07 20:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-07 20:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-07 21:00 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-08 6:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-08 10:24 ` Arthur Miller
2021-01-08 11:28 ` Jean Louis
2021-01-09 6:35 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-09 8:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-09 8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-10 6:13 ` Sv: " arthur miller
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