From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el] Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:44:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2b6f5edb-572a-40d1-8392-d7c5b717869d@default> References: <87bnzshlo5.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87bnzshlo5.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <20140103.200846.1574807089640559527.cokesboy@gmail.com> <87a9f8g22x.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <76f5b9cd-3452-4189-b3a0-30dc55a3ee55@default> <87txdfdayb.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389116689 19131 80.91.229.3 (7 Jan 2014 17:44:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:44:49 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 07 18:44:54 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W0ahv-0008SG-DD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:44:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42083 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0ahv-000337-1V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:44:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56273) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0ahj-0002r8-8R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:44:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0aha-0001K8-I3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:44:39 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:25341) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0aha-0001Jk-B3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:44:30 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id s07HiScY016081 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:44:29 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s07HiRH0011406 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:44:28 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s07HiR3l005676 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:44:27 GMT In-Reply-To: <87txdfdayb.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167638 Archived-At: > > Why shouldn't GNU Emacs enable all three by default? >=20 > I would be against that by default. >=20 > But they could be made easier to enable, maybe as pre-canned options > you can check to enable in the Customize view of `package-archives'. > I'd be in favor of that. Yes. But it is less about the difficulty of enabling that it is about lack of any indication that they even exist as possibilities. Even just mentioning them in the interface would help users. Yes, it would help them find (lots!) more *free software* that is useful.