RE: Can list-packages be set up to show latest github emacs packages?

[Drew Adams]

>> Doesn't `el-get' also have as a feature the ability to pull from
>> various different kinds of sources, including, say, Emacs Wiki?
>>
>> IIUC, it is not limited to pulling from a GIT archive.  That's
>> a significant advantage, I would think.
> 
> Yes it does. Here is an example of such a recipie that comes
> bundled with el-get...

Good to know, especially since MELPA has apparently decided
to no longer support Emacs Wiki.  GIT is fine, but it should
not be regarded as the only way - the be-all and end-all -
for users to distribute and retrieve Emacs libraries/packages.

If `el-get' supports multiple kinds of sources, including
but not limited to GIT archives, so much the better.  It's
too bad (IMHO) that MELPA has abandoned such an approach,
but that's OK.