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[PATCH] Prepare package.el to be published on GNU ELPA

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>, 77075 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77075: [PATCH] Prepare package.el to be published on GNU ELPA, [PATCH] Prepare package.el to be published on GNU ELPA
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:50:19 -0700

Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I'm worried that our standard practice is being polluted by other
> systems where it's routine to force all users to constantly upgrade
> everything (which I believe ultimately erodes the freedoms offered by
> Free Software), so I think it's important that the packages over which
> we have some control preserve the tradition of being careful to keep
> dependencies no stricter than necessary.

Could you perhaps briefly explain the philosophical argument?

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