From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: GNU ELPA visibility Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:47 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351193454 13841 80.91.229.3 (25 Oct 2012 19:30:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:30:54 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 25 21:31:01 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 1TRT8t-0008HW-Nd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:30:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55241 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRT8l-00033s-P6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49587) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRT8j-00033h-KW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRT8i-0008NH-R6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:49 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:58636) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRT8i-0008NB-Fj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:48 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q9PJUlid023282; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:47 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4748BB4278; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:30:47 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4382=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4382> : streams <845382> : uri <1252341> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.20 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:154505 Archived-At: When looking for an Elisp package or feature, most people reach for their browser before reaching for M-x list-packages. But packages distributed via GNU ELPA won't show up because they're not visible to search engines. So I think we should setup some GNU ELPA web-site that lists the packages and where each package gets a web page which would be the canonical web page for that package (so people can link to it from, say, emacswiki) describing it (its README or "Commentary:") plus a link to its repository. Stefan