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

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Message #85 received at 76925-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: david <davidimagid <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 76925-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#76925: [PATCH] admin/notes/elpa: Add note on contributing
 to external packages
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:41:59 +0000

david <davidimagid <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

OK, I'm closing the bug report with this message then.

>>> 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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