Re: anything.el inclusion

[Yoni Rabkin]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>> What needs to happen for inclusion of anything.el by itself,
>> in your opinion?
>
> What do you think about the following idea for package.el?
>
> To every package handled by package.el add a new parameter that tracks
> the package's "popularity".  This could mean either the number of
> downloads from the server that hosts these packages, or to add UI
> where users would be able to vote for a package.
>
> Then we could sort all available packages by popularity in package.el UI,
> so the top packages are objective candidates for inclusion in Emacs.

This is the exact kind of of thinking that makes me want to avoid any
centralized system such as package.el. Centralized systems like these
makes people start thinking of all kinds of "benefits" the centralized
system can bestow on users without the users ever asking for them (or
knowing they exist).

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