Re: Proposal for an Emacs User Survey

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > Perhaps in list-packages when it sees a non-GNU repo, or when it sees 
MELPA?

  > With the subtlety that non-GNU Elpa would not be a non-GNU repo?

Sorry that my words were confusing, but no, there would not be a
warning about Non-GNU ELPA.  We would make sure all the packages in
that repo would be ok to recommend, and indeed we would recommend it.


  > It does give the URL for the Mozilla store, with a warning that some
  > extensions may not be compatible with the goals of the GNU project,
  > and then it gives a list of vetted extensions.

As you've noticed, that issue and the MELPA issue are instances
of the same general class of situations.  They are affected by
the same factors.

However, the details are different, and what is right for one
is not necessarily right for the other.

The node References discusses these factors.


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Dr Richard Stallman
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