From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: little pink poodles (Re: Issues with emacs (was Emacs users a dying breed?)) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:14:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340640920 29537 80.91.229.3 (25 Jun 2012 16:15:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:15:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 25 18:15:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1SjBwW-0000Kp-Az for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:15:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51494 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SjBwW-0004be-7l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:15:12 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe20.iad.POSTED!00000000!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:glz3tVEbwt8E3C9/6Kn3clm+SSQ= Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@UsenetServer.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:14:43 UTC X-Received-Bytes: 1280 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:193060 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85455 Archived-At: > As for "contributing code back to Emacs"... I did in fact sign papers > for FSF, and I posted this and that little snippet to > gnu-emacs-sources over the years. I don't think any of them made it > into Emacs. I still find this aspect of things slightly confusing, > and I think some improvements in "workflow" may be in order. No argument here. GNU ELPA is meant as a way to make it easier to integrate code, so you can submit your package for inclusion, and they'll usually be accepted. And they can later on easily be moved to Emacs. Stefan