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: GNU ELPA visibility Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:18:11 -0700 Message-ID: <7D187A98A9224E80A13E609766D0DCAF@us.oracle.com> References: <874nliz5aw.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351196310 7096 80.91.229.3 (25 Oct 2012 20:18:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:18:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Jeremiah Dodds'" , "'Stefan Monnier'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 25 22:18:38 2012 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 1TRTss-00077J-Gh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:18:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53667 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRTsk-0004gI-JW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:18:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRTsi-0004g5-GP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:18:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRTsh-0005ma-EE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:18:20 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:18212) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRTsh-0005mN-71 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:18:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q9PKIDKc029322 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:18:14 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q9PKICwh021494 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:18:13 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt101.oracle.com (abhmt101.oracle.com [141.146.116.53]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q9PKICKO028038; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:18:12 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.248) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:18:12 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <874nliz5aw.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Thread-Index: Ac2y7AbRglOhZPINT4C1mFoSEO+RSwAAUdsQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 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:154509 Archived-At: > > 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. > > I think it's very likely that M-x list-packages will get much more > common as time progresses. It's certainly the first thing that I go to > nowadays. I vote for including more by default in `package-archives'. In particular, include ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/"). That might not be the blessed, "canonical" archive site, but it is certainly one of the most used and most useful.