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From: | Dave Abrahams |
Subject: | bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page |
Date: | Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:23:04 -0800 |
>>> There should be an easy way to find out the license information andGive me some examples of Elisp packages where that would be useful.
>> Why?
> Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software that
> they download, especially in source form.
>>> other metadata about a package before installing it.The home page is already available, AFAIK. Author/maintainer could
>> Which other metadata?
> For example, a package's home page, author, maybe date of last update, etc.
be provided. Date of last update is generally not kept (tho in
elpa.gnu.org/packages you can indeed see it, tho it's really the date
at which the tarball was created).
I think the better option is to let the user separate the "download" and
"install" steps so she can look at those extra info before installing.
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