Derek Zhou wrote: > Wilfred, > Do you want to add smalltalk-mode to ELPA?
the answer i gave you is probably the best one that anyone could give - maybe i could have been more clear generally speaking, software developers do not package their software - that is almost always done by someone who is not a member of the upstream project dev team - it is usually done by a member of the team that maintains their respective package repo - in this case, you noted yourself that they accept anonymous contributions via email - nothing else is required of the upstream dev team for this to happen GNU smalltalk is free software; which means that you can use it for any purpose as you like, including packaging it for re-distribution - you do not need to ask anyone for permission - it would be of no consequence if Wlifred or anyone else explicitly asked you not to package it, you would still be fully permitted to do so by the GPL license, simply because you have a copy i think the question you are really asking here is: "does someone on the GNU smalltalk dev team plan on packaging it themselves?" - to answer that question, i would say again that the answer is most likely: "no" - i think it would have already been in that repo, many years ago, if that was a goal of the team however, its absence would not imply that the authors are against the idea - i expect that it would be a welcome contribution, if someone takes the time to package it, and if the repo maintainers find it useful enough to include - packaging is simply a task that upstream developers generally do not do themselves; but some user like yourself, very well could do it, and that is usually how it happens Derek Zhou wrote: > Can I do anything to help? just do it - the ELPA team are the appropriate people to ask these questions - there really is nothing the upstream can or should do about such a request - its not their domain - the only important question is whether or not the ELPA team will accept it, or you assist in packaging it
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