From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [elpa] chess.el: Req. for comment/review: Info manual Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:11:36 +0300 Message-ID: <83d2e6t4lz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874mzqszid.fsf@fx.delysid.org> <83vbrytft7.fsf@gnu.org> <83ionyt6b2.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1403118813 4520 80.91.229.3 (18 Jun 2014 19:13:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:13:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mlang@delysid.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 18 21:13:25 2014 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 1WxLIS-00054O-NA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:13:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60196 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLIS-0006LA-8e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:13:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58103) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLGv-0003Pb-4G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:11:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLGp-0003IB-Jq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:11:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:64445) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLGp-0003Fx-Bc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:11:43 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N7D00800P4VM700@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:11:42 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N7D008WHPBHFP90@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:11:42 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.169 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:172518 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: mlang@delysid.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:55:26 -0400 > > > Then why does its entry in externals-list says > > ("chess" :external "https://github.com/jwiegley/emacs-chess.git") > > Because https://github.com/jwiegley/emacs-chess.git was the upstream. > It should probably be removed now, tho it's up to Mario. Yes, please remove it, and then it should probably be moved back to trunk, because it no longer fits the other packages in externals in this respect. > >> We should always feel free to install corrections into `elpa'. It's the > >> maintainer's responsability to then integrate them upstream (in case > >> there is another upstream). Of course, if it's not just a plain > >> correction, you might like to get the maintainer's agreement first. > > I don't know what is plain correction and what isn't. > > Nobody does. You'll just have to make an educated guess as to whether > there's a chance the maintainer might object. In this case, the maintainer actually asked for this.