Re: On Contributing To Emacs

[Philip Kaludercic]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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>   > > 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.
>
> I see your point, and I have an idea.
>
> When the package is maintained in NonGNU ELPA by the developer,
> if it points to github, package-fetch could display a gnu.org explanation
> of what is bad about github, then clone that repo.  Explaining the problem
> would cancel out the problem.
>
> When the version in NonGNU ELPA is not updated from an external repo
> then it shouldn't point to an external repo, as that would be confusing.

I just noticed this shouldn't be a problem at all, as long as the "VC"
header is updated, whenever a package is forked and maintained in NonGNU
ELPA.

-- 
        Philip Kaludercic