Re: dash.el [was: Re: Imports / inclusion of s.el into Emacs]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philippe Vaucher <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 17:28:24 +0200
> Cc: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>, Joost Kremers <address@hidden>,
>  Emacs developers <address@hidden>, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <address@hidden>,
>  조성빈 <address@hidden>,
>  Phillip Lord <address@hidden>
> 
>  Most people (somewhat wrongly) think of GNU ELPA as a *distribution*
>  site for third party packages, like MELPA.
> 
> I just wanted to confirm that it's indeed the case for a lot of users.

It sounds like the fundamental disagreements regarding what ELPA is
and why it exists are even wider than I thought.  The more we discuss
this, the wider it seems to become.  It's little wonder we cannot
agree on more complex issues wrt ELPA when something so basic is
subject to controversy.