GNU bug report logs - #16735
Not very useful "Keywords:" headers in some elpa packages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:06:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 16735 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 16735 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16735: Not very useful "Keywords:" headers in some elpa
 packages
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:01:41 -0500

On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:00:50 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: 

>> Maybe we need to support a new "Tags:" header and to suggest to the
>> authors to migrate to it (and in the process set correct Keywords).

SM> I don't understand why a new header would help.

Keywords is supposed to match the finder keywords.  Authors want a way
to tag their packages with arbitrary keywords = tags.

Ted
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