Re: On Contributing To Emacs

[Philip Kaludercic]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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>   > Ok, I see.  No, there would certainly not be a default inclination
>   > towards GitHub.  Instead my idea was that a package might specify where
>   > to find its repository, and if you enter a package name that has a
>   > header like this:
>
>   >    ;; VC: https://vcs.host/path/to/repo.git
>
>   > package-fetch would use this.
>
> That's fine -- but note that the packages in NonGNU ELPA should list
> NonGNU ELPA as the repo.  They shouldn't refer people to GitHub.
>
> In some cases, the NonGNU ELPA version might contain some of our own
> patches.

That might be tricky, as a header like this would be added by the
package developer, with the point to ease upstream contribution.
I don't see how this issue could be solved fairly.

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        Philip Kaludercic