From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el] Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:33:49 +0000 Message-ID: <87sit0yyvm.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <87bnzshlo5.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87bnzshlo5.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <20140103.200846.1574807089640559527.cokesboy@gmail.com> <87a9f8g22x.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <76f5b9cd-3452-4189-b3a0-30dc55a3ee55@default> <87wqic65kj.fsf@wanadoo.es> <874n5gfvjv.fsf@mac.com> <93a2d060-c7f8-4ce3-9bff-f7397be690ff@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389083645 7425 80.91.229.3 (7 Jan 2014 08:34:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:34:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?us-ascii?Q?=3D=3Fiso-8859-1=3FB?= =?us-ascii?Q?=3F03NjYXIgRnVlbnRlcw=3D=3D=3F=3D?= , Eric Brown , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 07 09:34:11 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 1W0S70-0005Nf-4F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:34:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39326 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0S6z-0008Id-Oy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0S6r-0008Eo-K3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:34:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0S6j-00018n-QS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:54114 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0S6j-00018J-Kx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:33:53 -0500 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2433CAC0334; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:47:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FE35BC024E; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:33:49 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <93a2d060-c7f8-4ce3-9bff-f7397be690ff@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 6 Jan 2014 21:39:35 -0800 (PST)") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 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:167579 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > I do appreciate the concern. I suspect that it is misplaced. > But I, like you, am not a lawyer. I realize that I am likely > seeing a small part of a bigger picture. Lawyer input welcome. I am not a lawyer either. I do run marmalade though. Doing this is a terrible idea. Marmalade and MELPA don't co-operate well. Using an external repository, AT THIS STAGE, should still be a deliberate choice for Emacs users IMO. Nic Ferrier