Re: Request to distribute Casual packages on NonGNU ELPA

[Stefan Monnier]

> Please clarify which persons are decision making in the review of the Casual
> Packages for NonGNU ELPA so I can focus my attention to in response.

There is very little "decision making" involved here.
We rarely decide to reject packages.

Instead, those with write access to `nongnu.git` (we're talking more
than 100 persons) may add it/them if they like it/them.

When it comes to your packages, here's my quick assessment:

- The functionality is fine.
- A cursory check suggests there is no technical that should get in the
  way either.

So it's just a matter of getting someone to do the work.

I'd have probably already added the whole if it were a single package.
But the work involved is proportional to the number of packages, and the
ratio of work compared to what each package provides is somewhat
discouraging because each package contains a relatively small amount of
code compared to the amount of boilerplate copied N times.

Your packages aren't the only ones in that situation, but when faced
with N such package in a block I can't help but hope that "someone else
will do it".  🙁


        Stefan


PS: I'd also recommend you get rid of all the `casual-*-version`
thingies.  It's just not worth the trouble IME.  You can get pretty much
the same info in a generic way from the package managers for the rare
cases where it's useful.