Re: table.el
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 08:52, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
SJT> If you do put it into one of the existing packages, it
would
SJT> be a good idea to add a one-line blurb saying where table.el
SJT> is found to man/xemacs/packages.texi.
SY> I'd strongly recommend *against* doing this...
SY> find ./xemacs-packages/ ./mule-packages/ -name "*.el" | wc -l
SY> 1708
Uh, yes? So what? Package listings that are pretty damn useless for
identifying what's in them is not a design goal I ever heard about.
Not to mention a FAQ.
Yep, but IMO man/xemacs/packages.texi isn't the correct place for them,
because packages change. Not that often, but they do. Instead, leaving
it the way it is now, and adding a blurb like "For up to date
information, please consult the detailed packages listing at
<http://www.xemacs.org/......>." (The blurb might already be there,
haven't checked.) Having only one thing to update would at least make
my and Rendhalver's lives easier :)
I'm already (slowly) working on a comprehensive package listing, which
would include the descriptions, authors/maintainers (both XEmacs and
upstream) and URLs (along with the information already at [1]).
And this would not only be for regular packages, but all the stuff
inside single-file packages too. IMO, placing this on the website would
be the way to go.
Hmm, actually, the bunch of package descriptions could be a downloadable
package... what do you think?
[1] <http://www.xemacs.org/Develop/packages.html>
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