Re: NonGNU ELPA work

[Stefan Monnier]

Richard Stallman [2022-01-04 22:54:00] wrote:
>   > > I agree, recording this in a conveniently searchable way is essential.
>   > I completely fail to see why.  Care to explain?
> If someday there is a problem with package Foo in NonGNU ELPA,
> we need to be able to look up the discussion we had with its
> developers about how to handle it, so we can look for a good
> way to make things better.

I don't see why the past discussion would be of any help.
In my experience when a problem shows up, we just go through the usual
routine of trying to figure out who's currently in charge (often it's
someone else than last time we communicated) and then talk to them to
see how we can get it fixed.
Any past discussion is largely useless.

Having had a past discussion can be useful since there's a change the
person will better understand where we're coming from, but I don't see
any benefit from actually referring to that past discussion.


        Stefan