From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rolf Ade Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: announcing GNU ELPA updates [was: [elpa] master 9a3a508: Package transcribe added] Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:57:52 +0100 Organization: Me Message-ID: <87zixv4uvj.fsf@linux-qg7d.fritz.box> References: <20151129123851.5369.35231@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <8c1b4ee0-7c41-456a-bdad-ce1a941be748@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448881526 6510 80.91.229.3 (30 Nov 2015 11:05:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:05:26 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 30 12:05:17 2015 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 1a3MGi-000643-I5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:05:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40117 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3MGh-0007WY-Ru for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 06:05:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3MGe-0007WP-S3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 06:05:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3MGb-0003uL-JN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 06:05:12 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:56577) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3MGb-0003tM-Cu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 06:05:09 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a3MGY-0005oj-3g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:05:06 +0100 Original-Received: from p4ffbf7fb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([79.251.247.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:05:06 +0100 Original-Received: from rolf by p4ffbf7fb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:05:06 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p4ffbf7fb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ohamjycFn8fHQD2Tsm2hckDlJBI= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:195602 Archived-At: > [About gnu-emacs-sources@gnu.org] > > Also, I guess that the many messages I get on that list, and > which are so succinct, are automated (?). For example: > > Version 20151123 of GNU ELPA package org has just been released. > You can now find it in M-x package-list RET. > > More at http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org.html > > It would be more helpful if a one-line description of what > the package is/does were included. [...] As a reader of that list I'd second the plea for including a description of what the package does. It doesn't have to be the full README (or similar) - although that would be fine with me - but something, that allows the reader to decide, if it's worth to him to look further at other places (or to just install it, to play with it).