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The package description buffer needs an URL button

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13291: closed (The package description buffer needs an URL
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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 03:46:02 +0000

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: The package description buffer needs an URL button
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:39:19 +0400

We can get the addresses from the semi-standard URL header, it's 
mentioned on these two pages, so at least some people are using it:

http://emacswiki.org/emacs/AutomaticFileHeaders
http://marmalade-repo.org/doc-files/package.5.html#SINGLE-FILE-PACKAGES

Plus, when the header's absent, the package repository can try to add 
the field automatically. Melpa can derive it from the recipe settings, 
and GNU Elpa can at least show links to the repository browser.
Or maybe to the pages at elpa.gnu.org. They basically contain the same 
information as the description buffer, though, so probably not.

Also see https://github.com/milkypostman/melpa/issues/424.

Any opposing opinions?

--Dmitry

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 13291-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13291: The package description buffer needs an URL button
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:45:36 +0300

On 03.10.2013 16:46, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> That's too bad, I'd rather not reimplement the alist-to-plist and
>> plist-to-alist code from package.el.
>
> You can copy&paste it.

Okay, done, thanks for the reality check.

Patch installed, now let's see how it works live.

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