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[174.60.229.153]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z65sm2219364qka.60.2020.04.23.12.02.33 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:02:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::734; envelope-from=casouri@gmail.com; helo=mail-qk1-x734.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: [-] PROGRAM ABORT : Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). Location : parse_addr6(), p0f-client.c:67 X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::734 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:247613 Archived-At: --Apple-Mail=_3075CC54-12AA-4F35-BF1F-FACE7F2D51F0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > There are many packages in GNU ELPA hosted on GitHub, for example = eglot: > https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot = >=20 > See the "externals-list" file in the elpa repository. >>=20 >> Another downside to adding one=E2=80=99s package to ELPA is the = inconvenience. On GitHub one can freely commit however he wants, = receive PR and issues; but if it=E2=80=99s in ELPA, you need to take = care of commit message formats, submit a patch and wait for someone to = review & commit the patch. >=20 > I thought that the advantage of ELPA was that the author could develop = the package independently of the strict emacs commit rules and he only = had to pay attention to the copyright assignment. I see. Apparently this is another example of the =E2=80=9Cmisconceptions=E2= =80=9D about ELPA :-) Yuan= --Apple-Mail=_3075CC54-12AA-4F35-BF1F-FACE7F2D51F0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
There are many = packages in GNU ELPA hosted on GitHub, for example eglot:
https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot

See the = "externals-list" file in the elpa repository.


Another downside to adding one=E2=80=99s = package to ELPA is the inconvenience.  On GitHub one can freely = commit however he wants, receive PR and issues; but if it=E2=80=99s in = ELPA, you need to take care of commit message formats, submit a patch = and wait for someone to review & commit the patch.

I thought that the advantage of = ELPA was that the author could develop the package independently of the = strict emacs commit rules and he only had to pay attention to the = copyright assignment.

I see. Apparently this is another example of the = =E2=80=9Cmisconceptions=E2=80=9D about ELPA :-)

Yuan
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