Re: PL support

[Stefan Kangas]

address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:

>    You can mark a package whether it will be able to move into core or
>    not.  Having a package on ELPA is not as good as having it in the
>    core (for example Magit), but it's much better than having the user
>    to force them to use MELPA as soon as they start using Emacs.
>
> Nobody can foresee the future, so what might be included or not is far
> to early to see.  It would also be unfair to those who contribute a
> package to ELPA from the start tell them that they are not welcome to
> include their package in Emacs -- which is the situation that will
> occur if one ignores collection of copyright assignments.

How would it be "unfair" exactly?  AFAIU, the requirements for getting
code into Emacs would be exactly the same as today.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas