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Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 04:25:54 -0700 In-Reply-To: <83pmd9ssp7.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 26 Nov 2022 16:20:36 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:269753 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > This sounds OK, but begs the question: what's short description of NonGNU > ELPA? Since we describe GNU ELPA, let's also describe the other one. The > purpose should IMO be to explain to the reader, or at least hint why we > maintain two separate archives. What do you think of the below? diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi index cdfb45d2042..3ac7dc83a60 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/package.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/package.texi @@ -38,9 +38,17 @@ Packages By default, Emacs downloads packages from GNU ELPA (@url{https://elpa.gnu.org/}), a package archive maintained by the Emacs developers and hosted by the GNU project. It also downloads -packages from NonGNU ELPA (@url{https://elpa.nongnu.org/}). -Optionally, you can also download packages from archives maintained by -third parties. @xref{Package Installation}. +packages from NonGNU ELPA +(@url{https://elpa.nongnu.org/}).@footnote{GNU ELPA contains GNU +packages that are available for use with Emacs, but are distributed +separately from Emacs itself, for reasons of space. NonGNU ELPA +contains a selection of third-party packages that can not be included +in GNU ELPA because their copyright has not yet been assigned to the +Free Software Foundation. For more information, see +@uref{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html, Why the FSF Gets +Copyright Assignments from Contributors}.} Optionally, you can also +download packages from archives maintained by third parties. +@xref{Package Installation}. For information about turning an Emacs Lisp program into an installable package, @xref{Packaging,,,elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference