GNU bug report logs - #77492
AppStream metadata updates

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 14:24:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 77492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
Cc: 77492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#77492: AppStream metadata updates
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:00:44 +0800

Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk> writes:

> Still, I guess there’s a question about whether this stuff still
> belongs in Emacs.  The contents of etc/JOKES appears to pre-date the
> existence of the world wide web; I don’t think we’d consider adding
> anything like this today.  As for doctor.el, ELPA might be a better
> home.

etc/JOKES appears harmless.  Please don't let's move doctor.el to ELPA;
bowdlerizing it I can personally accept, but you will meet with
objections elsewhere.
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