From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU ELPA visibility
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:58:09 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <508999D1.8070905@yandex.ru> (raw)
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
> When looking for an Elisp package or feature, most people reach for
> their browser before reaching for M-x list-packages.
> But packages distributed via GNU ELPA won't show up because they're not
> visible to search engines.
>
> So I think we should setup some GNU ELPA web-site that lists the
> packages and where each package gets a web page which would be the
> canonical web page for that package (so people can link to it from, say,
> emacswiki) describing it (its README or "Commentary:") plus a link to
> its repository.
Good suggestion, that would definitely help.
But what do you mean by "canonical web page"? I imagine most of the
packages these already have canonical home pages that are known to users
and search engines, and are generally easier to manage.
--Dmitry
next reply other threads:[~2012-10-25 19:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-25 19:58 Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2012-10-25 21:10 ` GNU ELPA visibility Stefan Monnier
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2012-11-02 18:47 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-28 20:26 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-28 16:29 Daniel Hackney
2012-10-28 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-28 18:23 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-10-26 16:10 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-26 18:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-26 18:53 ` chad
2012-10-26 19:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-27 5:18 ` Chong Yidong
2012-10-27 11:26 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 22:14 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 22:47 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2012-10-25 21:23 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:34 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-25 21:47 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:52 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-26 1:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 21:48 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2012-10-25 19:30 Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 20:04 ` Jeremiah Dodds
2012-10-25 20:18 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-26 7:29 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-27 6:33 ` Bastien
2012-10-26 4:22 ` Jambunathan K
2012-10-27 6:39 ` Bastien
2012-11-01 4:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-01 5:10 ` Jambunathan K
2012-11-01 5:13 ` chad
2012-11-01 5:18 ` Jambunathan K
2012-11-01 12:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-02 7:12 ` Daniel Hackney
2012-11-02 7:48 ` Jorgen Schaefer
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