Re: Why are so many great packages not trying to get included in GNU Emacs?

[Stefan Monnier]

> The difficulty about taking precautions, is that people see the
> inconvenience of taking them and may not weigh that against the harm
> the precautions prevent.

It cuts both ways: I think you don't see the second-order harm that
those precautions do beside the obvious first-order effect of having to
ask people to sign paperwork.

Similarly, you don't seem to realize the extent of the chilling effect
of you saying that `s.el` shouldn't be in GNU ELPA.


        Stefan