Subject: bug#13291: The package description buffer needs an URL button

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:28:49 -0500

I don't see any problem with this idea.

> Elpa can at least show links to the repository browser.
> Or maybe to the pages at elpa.gnu.org.

It should point to the pages at elpa.gnu.org.

> They basically contain the same information as the description buffer,
> though, so probably not.

The are meant to be the "canonical page" for the package.  Admittedly,
they seem to contain the same info as the description buffer, but they
already contain a bit more info (a pointer to the repository browser, a list
of past revisions) and that could grow over time.

        Stefan