Re: Splitting GNU ELPA

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>       address@hidden, address@hidden,
>       address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 00:01:21 -0400
> 
>   > A more concrete recommendation would be to examine each proposed
>   > package more closely and try to decide whether we'd like to have that
>   > in Emacs or "close by", or just offer it for download to those who are
>   > interested (a.k.a. "just distribute").  This should include some
>   > meaningful discussion with arguments on both directions, and hopefully
>   > some consensus about the decision.
> 
>   > We could also ask the package developer to state their POV on these
>   > matters, and their plans for further development and maintenance.
> 
> It seems good to me.  Do you suggest making a list of questions
> and sending that to each developer, or would you rather just talk
> with them without a preplanned list?

It might be good to have this in the README file on ELPA.  I'd like to
hear Stefan's opinion about this.