From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: unsupported packages area in the Emacs repo (was: Autoload from a web page?) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:21:14 +0100 Message-ID: <7b501d5c0912291321k15d51d86jed81998de0bdcdab@mail.gmail.com> References: <878wclke6j.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k4w5lbyb.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262121715 764 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2009 21:21:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:21:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jonas , elpa@tromey.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 29 22:21:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NPjVi-000837-Ph for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:21:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58192 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NPjVi-0003v6-KD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:21:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NPjVd-0003ua-NE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:21:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NPjVZ-0003su-1m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:21:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34544 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NPjVY-0003sr-R1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:21:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com ([209.85.219.224]:32984) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NPjVY-0008Nl-K6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:21:36 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so13422632ewy.26 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:21:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=I5VgpVZ2QtMSmP2h19j22GgWWlGyUeSGGPsIZJp66G4=; b=Yze7bndfplH/S1l1FN/gYVGpfVZQqzqs35zVC2HLxLYfZmQgSuIII10i6S/SjZXFbL 9mN0dGbeS9gQwDrDMZbe2qbRsfuXoOBQAvrK3pFckRtKof0Gt4x25MYEE/mpTfQta8Pe 0OVFSPm2eQ51sXXwo9AuzfQUTOL0keGNG6Ubk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ADlLnl1G8UnYVKg8JXyBHf3O5oSdxW6oL2odiBPyXlnDV8tS2XSkaCrrMdbUltxdf9 Fb5HZfcCt6GtwCQTNt0a8eh0/2+yfCLq1lYrmebL5dPgzrxCJf/OmRgEF1kdmPHpoSgh RN2T0HZdx3wZ8SQPFZfTnXeoihnEdSPbIS6gw= Original-Received: by 10.213.99.138 with SMTP id u10mr5851830ebn.12.1262121694226; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:21:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87k4w5lbyb.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:118987 Archived-At: 2009/12/29 Ted Zlatanov : > On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:46:15 -0500 Richard Stallman wrote: > > RS> =A0 =A0 This is just a suggestion: considering that Emacs has moved t= o a > RS> =A0 =A0 powerful DVCS, maybe it makes sense to make ELPA and emacsmir= ror.org > RS> =A0 =A0 hook into the Emacs repo. =A0Give commit bits and some struct= ure to a few > RS> =A0 =A0 people within an isolated "unsupported packages" area, and th= en let them > RS> =A0 =A0 organize that area and the interfaces to it, including tracki= ng of > RS> =A0 =A0 foreign packages and repos, any way they see fit. =A0As long = as it's clear > RS> =A0 =A0 that it's an area for unsupported packages, this has the bene= fit of > RS> =A0 =A0 integrating Emacs with the packages people find useful. > > RS> This might be a good idea, but we want to get copyright assignments f= or > RS> these packages just as we do for the "supported" parts of Emacs. > RS> That way we can move Lisp files between the two categories based on > RS> practical motives. > > Yes, that makes a lot of sense. =A0Promotion could work like Apache's > incubation process or like Haskell's hackage system, or in another way > more suited to Emacs' model. > > What do you mean by "like Haskell's hackage system"? As far as I know, anyone can upload their package to Hackage and it will be made available to everyone. I don't think there are any "supported/unsupported" categories as such. --=20 Deniz Dogan