From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Hagelberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Integrating package.el Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:47:51 -0800 Message-ID: <87wrzr6ugo.fsf@hagelb.org> References: <87k4w5lbyb.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <87zl50jv52.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87d41rn3wt.fsf_-_@hagelb.org> <87k4vxiwlj.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878wcdjg9r.fsf@hagelb.org> <87637gh73j.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87637b96pc.fsf@hagelb.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263059303 10426 80.91.229.12 (9 Jan 2010 17:48:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 17:48:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tzz@lifelogs.com, elpa@tromey.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 09 18:48:15 2010 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 1NTfQ6-0001fC-SA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:48:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51933 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfQ7-0002Ep-8L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:48:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfPy-0002Bs-7W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:48:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfPs-00020e-FR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56344 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfPr-00020N-T0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:47:59 -0500 Original-Received: from caiajhbdcbbj.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.119]:56368 helo=homiemail-a25.g.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTfPp-0004Qx-Mi; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:47:57 -0500 Original-Received: from enigma (71-23-19-98.war.clearwire-wmx.net [71.23.19.98]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by homiemail-a25.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B0EB7678062; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:47:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:32:15 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:119763 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > * An index file contains a alist mapping projects to DVCS > repositories. This would be manually curated. Adding a project would > just be done by adding an entry to this file. > > This could be ok, but that shouldn't be misunderstood as a decision > to include libraries that we don't have papers for. Naturally, it's up to whoever manually curates the index to ensure the package follows the guidelines for that archive. For the FSF archive(s) it would mean ensuring copyright assignment is in place; for folks who want to maintain their own archives it would probably be something simpler like making sure it's licensed as free software. -Phil