Re: NonGNU ELPA work

[Richard Stallman]

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  > We last discussed this 12 months ago, and AFAICT we arrived at the
  > conclusion that there is no need for a strict rule to contact the
  > authors before including the package.

That is not what I recall.  On the contrary, I've been concerned all
year about whether we were making clear arrangements with the
developers of packages that we put into NonGNU ELPA.  That is a recipe
for problems that will show up later.

We don't know if problems are developing, because we do not check for
latent problems.  We wouldn't know if there is a problem unless it
blows up.  With a little work we can avoid them in advance.

My memory is sometimes forgetful.  Did I ever say I agreed that we had
no need to contact the authors in advance?  If so, I'd like to see
what I said.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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