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: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 23:47:16 +0300 Message-ID: References: <83k0sp27f6.fsf@gnu.org> <23f3f74f-c3d3-ec74-f1da-d0416d026c0d@yandex.ru> <2c5399e3-fa36-575d-d662-c7498dc334d6@yandex.ru> <0beda28a-7213-e24e-6056-8b4bd8bd753d@yandex.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2643"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) Cc: emacs-tangents@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, ulm@gentoo.org, "Alfred M. Szmidt" , arthur.miller@live.com, eliz@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 07 21:49:19 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 1kxcDe-0000Ze-Q1 for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 21:49:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60112 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxcDd-0000tZ-RF for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:49:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54304) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxcCu-0000r9-B0 for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:48:34 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:34107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxcCr-0003ta-7g; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:48:31 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.210.145.49]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000295453.000000005FF77398.00001A38; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:48:24 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0beda28a-7213-e24e-6056-8b4bd8bd753d@yandex.ru> 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:496 Archived-At: * Dmitry Gutov [2021-01-07 23:35]: > On 07.01.2021 22:16, Jean Louis wrote: > > > Again, it's not a software directory. > > > > > > It's primary use case is when you*search* for some package and then see the > > > available versions, where they are distributed, and who maintains them. > > > > > > As such, the necessary knowledge about the user is "the user searched for > > > this package name". > > When clicking on this page: > > https://repology.org/projects/ > > > > It shows all packages from A-Z making it software directory by > > definition here:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/directory > > They're just showing their data in all arrangements they could come up with. > It's not a significant use case, compared to others. Sure. I have seen it. I do not know why it matters if it is directory or not, index, catalogue, search engine, database, call it as you wish. > > repology.el package probbaly provides only access to searches within > > the full database. > > And yet, you still argue that it is doing something wrong, somehow. I never said that, neither I have argued about what repology.org is doing neither judged the website. I have argued about repology.el package that does not belong to GNU ELPA as that way GNU project would be giving references to proprietary software. Jean