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[PATCH] admin/notes/elpa: Add note on contributing to external packages

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From: david <davidimagid <at> gmail.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 76925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#76925: [PATCH] admin/notes/elpa: Add note on contributing to external packages
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:23:26 -0400

Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:

>>> If I may propose a idea I have been playing around with for a while in
>>> my head:  I think it would be nice to have a wizard-like interface that
>>> prepares a submission request.  It should both be able to set up a
>>> project if the user is just starting out and provide some basic checks
>>> for a user who has some ready code they wish to add to ELPA.  In the
>>> process, the package should go through and explain the most common
>>> questions ("how to release a package?", "when is it updated?", "what is
>>> the difference between GNU and NonGNU ELPA?", etc.).
>>>
>>> If you are interested in contributing to ELPA, I think that working on
>>> this kind of a user-facing package would be more useful than commenting
>>> on a admin/notes file that most people don't even know about.  I would
>>> be more than glad to shepherd you through the process 1:1, as I have had
>>> a good experience with the approach in the past.  How does that sound
>>> like?
>>>
>>> (Package name suggestion: "elpa-helper".)
>>
>> Thank you, Philip. This is an interesting and valuable initiative. 
>
> If you are interested in it, we can close this bug report and continue
> the discussion in private.  Are you OK with that?
>
Yes.

>> While I lack experience with wizard interfaces, I'd be happy to
>> contribute where most useful. What first steps would you suggest?
>
> I have a sketch I can share with you, but this is really an open-ended
> idea.

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