From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU ELPA visibility
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:52:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r4ol6ewc.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv7gqe8if0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:47 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
> 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.
One can always do a targeted search at elpa.gnu.org. Most importantly,
the http://elpa.gnu.org pages are indexed by search engines.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=auctex+%20site%3Aelpa.gnu.org
May be the archive-contents file in the packages directory can contain
some `magic' string say `GNU ELPA' that one can use for search queries.
This will be particularly useful as packages grow and people start
relying more and more on browsers for locating packages.
A targetted mailing list (or discussion group) for GNU ELPA packages is
also a good idea for targetted search or to keeping abreast of latest
ANNouncements in package world.
> So I think we should setup some GNU ELPA web-site that lists the
> packages and where each package gets a web page which would be the
> canonical web page for that package (so people can link to it from, say,
> emacswiki) describing it (its README or "Commentary:") plus a link to
> its repository.
One can standardize around TeX or Org markup for package readme files.
Org can be exported to ascii, as well as HTML. It essentially means
that one gets a readme file (`?' in `*Packages*' buffer) or it's own
web page.
> Stefan
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-26 4:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-25 19:30 GNU ELPA visibility Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 20:04 ` Jeremiah Dodds
2012-10-25 20:18 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-26 7:29 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-10-27 6:33 ` Bastien
2012-10-26 4:22 ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2012-10-27 6:39 ` Bastien
2012-11-01 4:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-01 5:10 ` Jambunathan K
2012-11-01 5:13 ` chad
2012-11-01 5:18 ` Jambunathan K
2012-11-01 12:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-02 7:12 ` Daniel Hackney
2012-11-02 7:48 ` Jorgen Schaefer
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-10-25 19:58 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 21:23 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:34 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-25 21:47 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 21:52 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-26 1:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-25 21:48 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2012-10-25 22:14 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-25 22:47 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2012-10-26 16:10 Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-26 18:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-26 18:53 ` chad
2012-10-26 19:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-27 5:18 ` Chong Yidong
2012-10-27 11:26 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-10-28 16:29 Daniel Hackney
2012-10-28 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-28 18:23 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-10-28 20:26 Dmitry Gutov
2012-11-02 18:47 Dmitry Gutov
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