[debbugs-tracker] bug#13291: closed (The package description buffer needs an URL button)

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> The package description buffer needs an URL button
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> Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:39:19 +0400
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> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64;	rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0
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> We can get the addresses from the semi-standard URL header, it's 
> mentioned on these two pages, so at least some people are using it:
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> http://emacswiki.org/emacs/AutomaticFileHeaders
> http://marmalade-repo.org/doc-files/package.5.html#SINGLE-FILE-PACKAGES
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> Plus, when the header's absent, the package repository can try to add 
> the field automatically. Melpa can derive it from the recipe settings, 
> and GNU Elpa can at least show links to the repository browser.
> Or maybe to the pages at elpa.gnu.org. They basically contain the same 
> information as the description buffer, though, so probably not.
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> Also see https://github.com/milkypostman/melpa/issues/424.
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> Any opposing opinions?
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> --Dmitry
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> On 03.10.2013 16:46, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > That's too bad, I'd rather not reimplement the alist-to-plist and
> > > plist-to-alist code from package.el.
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> > You can copy&paste it.
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> Okay, done, thanks for the reality check.
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> Patch installed, now let's see how it works live.
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