Re: On Contributing To Emacs

[xenodasein]

Dec 25, 2021, 22:57 by ofv@wanadoo.es:
> Instead of opinions, use facts: ask the author of that package.

Agreed, I should have done that first.  A fact is though something
made them take that decision.

Dec 26, 2021, 00:53 by stefankangas@gmail.com:
>> xenodasein--- via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>> writes:
>> The effort spent on it should have both improved existing package.el
>> and also add straight.el like functionality to it.  Whether it is all under
>> feature 'package or multiple features.

> Sure, agreed. What can we do about that though? It is always going to
> be tempting to write your own library instead of improving what exists.

That is the question to focus on.  Maybe not being the first author is
a deterrent?   Would something like "Author: emacs-devel" help?