Re: Why are so many great packages not trying to get included in GNU Emacs?

[Clément Pit-Claudel]

On 13/05/2020 11.00, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
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>>  address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>>  address@hidden
>> From: Clément Pit-Claudel <address@hidden>
>> Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 00:22:56 -0400
>>
>> Maybe we can publicize a part of the list which would not violate privacy?  
>> When I signed my copyright papers, I answered yes to a question that said 
>> "Would it be acceptable for us to publicize your contribution by 
>> microblogging that you are contributing, and listing your name in our 
>> monthly newsletter?".  I think it is safe to assume that those who answered 
>> yes to this question do not object to appearing on a public list; correct?
> 
> If you suggest making public a part of the entries in the list, then
> this would be worse than not publishing it at all, I think.
> 
> If you suggest publishing part of the _data_ in each entry, then this
> should work in principle, but (a) "Someone" needs to do the work of
> setting this up

I've sent an implementation ^^ I'm happy to write the code if code is needed, 
it's the specs that I don't know :)

> and (b) even in this case there might be issues which
> need to be resolved.  For example, some people need to submit
> disclaimers from their employers, in addition to their personal
> assignment, but publishing that part discloses their employment, which
> may be invading their privacy.

I think an API could say "yes", "no", or "check with maintainer".
We can put all tricky cases in the "check with maintainer" category.