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Re: [ELPA] Add Agitate package


From: Protesilaos Stavrou
Subject: Re: [ELPA] Add Agitate package
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:52:57 +0300
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> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 07:00:58 -0400
>
> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> In that case, it doesn't make too much sense to me to add it to ELPA,
>> but not for the reasons that you give.  It's not that code which is
>> targeting emacs.git cannot go on ELPA first, but it seems to me that
>> anything on ELPA should be a coherent, singular package.  And Agitate
>> isn't that -- it's a collection of functionality that you're filtering
>> things out of over time.
>
> FWIW, I don't think this is a very strong reason not to add it.  Other
> packages are also grab bags of features, and while perhaps not "ideal"
> in an abstract sense, they also provide useful functionality.  In this
> case it also makes sense to me to use a package as a way to experiment
> with features before they hit core.
>
> We can always delete the package later, once it has done its intended
> job and is fully absorbed by Emacs.

Okay.  I will add the package and promise to delete it when necessary.
There will not be a formal release for the time being.  I will keep it
at version 0.0.0 so only those using GNU ELPA Devel will find it.

-- 
Protesilaos Stavrou
https://protesilaos.com



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