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Re: package-mode, release notes?


From: Rasmus
Subject: Re: package-mode, release notes?
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 14:28:17 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

>>>> I wish I could see the release notes when updating a package in
>>>> package-mode.
>>>
>>> Maybe you meant package.el. You can send it to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>>> or Tom (elpa AT tromey.com).
>> 
>> But I don't think there are _the_ release notes anyway. I mean there are
>> no standard way for package authors for publishing release notes. My
>> packages don't have any.
>
> Maybe it would be nice to introduce a standard way for package.el to point to 
> release notes?

I often miss a URL to the origin (often a Github page) to read more
about the package.  Sometimes I have to go to MELPA or Marmelade to
find the url, but sometimes I can also just look in the commentary in
the beginning of the installed (main) file.

–Rasmus

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