Hello, all
I'm nervous to send this first message to this emacs-devel.
I want to ask you to add leaf [1] to GNU Elpa.
leaf allows users to configure packages declaratively, without
being confused by the idioms for package configuration.
Yes. This was definitely inspired by jweigley's use-package [2]. But
use-package fails to design DSL and handlers, and leaf is more
flexible and more uniformly configured. If you're interested in
comparing it to use-package, see here [3]. jweigley had also joined
the discussion.
The big point is that my leaf originally asked contributors to
sign on to become GNU sources, while use-package can't register
with GNU ELPA due to copyright issues. [4] I don't see any technical
difficulties for my leaf to be registered with GNU Elpa. My
concern is that it doesn't have info-ized documentation like
other Emacs standard attachment packages. If you need an
info-ized document to register, please let me know. Also, if you
have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.