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

[Clément Pit-Claudel]

On 13/05/2020 12.58, Alan Third wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:03:06PM -0400, Clément Pit-Claudel wrote:
>>
>> But the complexity of PGP is a valid concern. I operated under the
>> assumption that most new contributors sign copyright papers with
>> PGP, and so that PGP was a reasonable baseline.
> 
> I didn’t sign mine with PGP, as far as I can remember, so my
> assumption was that most people don’t. Is it a new requirement?

It's not a new requirement, just a new option, I think :) (well, not so new: I 
did mine in 2014 with PGP).

>> Alan, do you
>> have advice on handling these situations?
> 
> I’m afraid not. Usually I check the Emacs repo to see if they’re
> already in it, if not then I ask if they’ve signed the papers, and
> usually Eli pops up with the answer before they reply.

OK, thanks a lot.