Re: NonGNU ELPA: Conditions for accepting a potential new package 'rmsbolt' ?

[Philip Kaludercic]

Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net> writes:

> I would like to recommend the package 'rmsbolt' for NonGNU ELPA and
> volunteer for any required changes.
>
> The author is Jay Kamat, who as I understand is potentially supportive
> if the changes are minimal (and I am volunteering for these.)

Minimal as in "small diff" or "small effort"?

> 1. What is it?
> "A supercharged implementation of the 
> [[https://github.com/mattgodbolt/compiler-explorer][godbolt 
> compiler-explorer]] for Emacs.
>
> RMSbolt tries to make it easy to see what your compiler is doing. It does this
> by showing you the assembly output of a given source code file. It also
> highlights which source code a given assembly block corresponds to, and vice
> versa. It supports more types of languages than any previous tool of its kind.
> "

Sounds interesting.  I suppose the joke here is that RMS is God?

> It is currently hosted on gitlab and distributed on MELPA.

Could you provide a URL?

> 2. License
> From reading nongnu.elpa.git's README.org
>
> The package displays its License, which is Affero.
> Is the GNU Affero license considered suitable for NonGNU ELPA?

Yes, it should be.

>
> 3. Other
> I believe it follows the other requirements.
>
>
> WDYT?

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