Re: [ELPA] Package cleanup

[Michael Albinus]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

Hi,

>> I would like to assume that ELPA is a somewhat curated
>> collection of packages.  Perhaps not as rigorously tested
>> and maintained as Emacs itself, but more so than some
>> package on github that has not seen an update in 5 years.
>>
>> If the only virtue of being on ELPA is that I can install via
>> package.el then that seems like rather thin gruel.
>>
>> Perhaps the bar for admission to ELPA is too low.  Could
>> we require automated tests that can be run regularly to
>> confirm package health?
>
> Your last sentence makes sense.  (But on whom
> should the requirement fall?  The curator?  The
> package contributor?)

It is on my longer TODO list to activate automatic tests for GNU ELPA
packages on emba.gnu.org. Yes, only for "GNU" ELPA packages.

Unfortunately, these days I'm the only one who works on emba, and there
are many other TODO items. So I have no idea if/when this will happen.

Best regards, Michael.