Re: Proposal for an Emacs User Survey

[Stefan Monnier]

>> To move all the recommendations of nonfree software
>> OUT of Melpa, and into some other obscure new repository,
>> would be a great step forward!  It would eliminate one
>> of the reasons why currently we must not inform people about Melpa.
> It would not be obscure for very long, because most of the Emacs blogs
> would not refrain from advertising it.

AFAIK they make up a very small fraction of the MELPA archive, both in
terms of number of packages and in terms of popularity of those packages.

Of course, those people who want those packages would still find a way
to get to them, but that's OK, we're not in the business of disallowing
people from shackling themselves to proprietary software.


        Stefan