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Subject: Re: Adding major or popular language modes to Emacs distribution
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> Cc: philipk@posteo.net, hi@ypei.me, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:42:43 +0300
> 
> On 28.08.2021 16:37, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > When you say "we prefer" here you mean you personally, right?  Because
> > there's no such project-wide policy, AFAICT, and I at least don't
> > agree.
> 
> There is a known existing disagreement on this issue among contributors.

If a contributor _wants_ to have the package in ELPA, that's his/her
prerogative, which should be respected.  But in this particular case
the contributor asked about our preferences, and that was what my
response was about.