Subject: Re: bug#62751: 29.0.90; New libraries that still need to be assigned to packages

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:45:28 -0700

Richard Stallman <[email-masked]> writes:

> Is there an assumption now that all Elisp files in Emacs need to be
> assigned to some package?    When did that get decided?
>
> Surely many files fit well into a package, but why be rigid about it?
> There must be some that don't.

AFAIU, files with this comment header are not considered assigned to any
"real" package:

    ;; Package: emacs

More precisely, they are considered part of the "emacs" package, but
that package is treated specially in various situations.  For example,
it is not listed in `M-x package-list', and so on.