Re: ampc back on elpa?

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> I don't know if this is the good mailing list for what I have to say but I
> wasn't able to find an elpa mailing list, only emacs-elpa-diffs.

This is the right place.

> My local version seems more recent than elpa's one.  I have a better
> status window with progress bar.

IIRC the Christopher Schmidt decided to take ampc out of GNU ELPA
because he wanted to incorporate code from contributors who don't want
to sign the copyright paperwork we require for GNU ELPA.

So the "more recent" changes may not be usable as-is for GNU ELPA.

> I don't know how elpa is managed and what must do a maintainer,

(Some of) the answers should be in elpa.git's README file.

You could start by sending us the changes you've written.  If you intend
to maintain the package (or if your changes total more than about 20
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as instructed.


        Stefan


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