From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Hackney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GNU ELPA visibility Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:29:09 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351441776 7976 80.91.229.3 (28 Oct 2012 16:29:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:29:36 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 28 17:29:45 2012 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 1TSVk8-0006IC-Oh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:29:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48866 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSVk0-0003iZ-Mk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:29:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55485) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSVjy-0003iL-Lq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:29:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSVjw-0005zq-6O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:29:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-f169.google.com ([209.85.223.169]:49469) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSVjv-0005yX-UE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:29:32 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f169.google.com with SMTP id 10so6968612ied.0 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:29:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=haxney.org; s=google; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=gi8zJv3rw2aRNCDZ396cHava1gbs4nq9uwR4K5MS/Wk=; b=tU/AbeoImksIv+nlGXktDEpLjTL+35mxRdJENFuGCZe7sl8yTLSHkJXig3qFMxhuTQ wVLHf0KxrvD2oSAC7nX+K607xrHJr2BZAF7+ljYx6tmwxnSnNIU3yTPgmpxfPm1uLld8 pP4uHts8BHTnZi70Q2Xy7b04XYSj09jS/uICo= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=gi8zJv3rw2aRNCDZ396cHava1gbs4nq9uwR4K5MS/Wk=; b=DXrz0U2QM1xPrMuLkL4ORUTD5G+IcH3gzdIdI/NZ7RQz2QXJg3evfDid3tW8Al+0+M na6AJtFABhzyou9XTLusdkggOJ7lcnHSSgnDfKtKRd90AiPEBmyBhPff7SR6GaEezPLh auCakYjAVx4lpPycDVm3ckSSxYdJSPSZnc5ILLushD+h2kScpGvqeUXSMuDALDM+Vhqz BZjEyt1D8Iofc8wDiQqpyHkOvJwwxoNLD0dh+UqPHfx1zPzZuQfEaRhPieffqH1fuD74 +HaxFnex8RPraOPhLFk9wH2LU857sRuGb5v+bIVtvr4bhPJYeJyPc0XReitzU/AWO0jP Cq3w== Original-Received: by 10.50.214.68 with SMTP id ny4mr6866107igc.65.1351441770135; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:29:30 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.64.0.110 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:29:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlBfJ7wm8hGDX/UKHEfOget5Mz5fkNyVrfIgNymr1cvPyeEnGjNjObBE4HNwH2Kp1AAszi0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.223.169 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:154552 Archived-At: (I just joined the list, so I can't reply with the original message-id. This is a response to https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00723.html) Dmitry Gutov wrote: > Tassilo Horn writes: > > It would be good if every package would at least complement Version and > > Summary with a longer description, a link to its homepage (or emacswiki > > page if it has no homepage), and the date when it was updated the last > > time. > > You may find that, for single-file packages, even if they provide an > extended "Commentary" section, it will not show up in the > "list-packages" interface. At least when distributed over MELPA or > Marmalade. The problem is with those repos. They don't create a -readme.txt file. It's particularly strange for Marmalade, since the content which would go into the readme is displayed on the website (though not in 
 formatting) but isn't available through
`list-packages'.

> I think it's fixed in Daniel Haxney's package.el fork, though.

Sorry for the confusion (my choice of domain could be clearer), but my
last name is "Hackney", not "Haxney". The domain name "haxney.org" is a
play on "hacks" => "hax" (sometimes used in videogame-speak) and
"Hackney". Also, the username "haxney" is available on every service I
have ever come across.

I was careful not to make any changes to the HTTP and file-based APIs in
my branch, so if a repo doesn't provide a readme, then my branch can't
do anything about that.

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Daniel Hackney