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 13:56:40 +0000 Message-ID: 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> <26475995-EEB8-4B71-8B06-A7B7B4C8A737@gnu.support> <834kjrk3ox.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="12061"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-tangents@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, ulm@gentoo.org, ams@gnu.org, arthur.miller@live.com, dgutov@yandex.ru To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 08 14:57:06 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 1kxsGI-00030s-Fp for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:57:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55866 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxsGH-0004Qw-47 for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 08:57:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49252) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxsG8-0004Qm-5j for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 08:56:56 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:33773) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxsG6-0001ME-H6; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 08:56:55 -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 00000000000567CE.000000005FF864A2.000008A3; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 06:56:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: <834kjrk3ox.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:519 Archived-At: Does that mean you wish to exclusively include repology=2Eel into GNU ELPA? Like you can't use that package without including it in GNU ELPA? Can you = use website directly? I can=2E What is real problem there? On January 8, 2021 12:34:22 PM UTC, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:48:53 +0000 >> CC: rms@gnu=2Eorg, ulm@gentoo=2Eorg, arthur=2Emiller@live=2Ecom, >> dgutov@yandex=2Eru >> From: Jean Louis >>=20 >> That is maybe your way of finding free software=2E Since 1999 I find it >from distributions and if I don't believe it enough I will look into >license=2E > >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=2E The FSD doesn't give me that information=2E >It also doesn't give me enough information about related components, >like fonts, for example=2E > >Finding the facts about these components is the bread and butter of >every GNU maintainer for a more-or-less complex GNU package=2E Not >being able to do this part of my job with GNU-endorsed free software >is a major blow=2E And the most painful part of that blow is that I >cannot understand the reasons for it=2E Once again, repology=2Eorg does >NOT promote any software packages it lists, regardless of=20