Subject: Re: bug#52985: describe-package should show README instead of "Commentary" section

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:21:59 -0500

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-01-14 09:42:39] wrote:
> Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:
>> It would be more useful if `M-x describe-package' would show the README
>> file than the "Commentary" section, for packages where such a file
>> exists.
> Makes sense to me.
>> Perhaps we could even show the included images, somehow.
> Yes, that would be nice.
> I've added Stefan M to the CCs; perhaps he has some comments here.

When preparing the tarball, the (Non)GNU ELPA scripts can be told
whether to use the Commentary or a README file, and AFAIK that's the
info that is then shown by `describe-package`.  Currently the ELPA
protocol only offers a plain text version for that info.  We should
probably improve this part of the protocol.

        Stefan