Re: OFFTOPIC: Where do you get your elisp?

[jzawodn@wcnet.org (Jeremy D. Zawodny)]

"Edward J. Sabol" <sabol@alderaan.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:

> I think the current state of elisp archiving is pretty sad. The elisp user
> *and* developer communities badly need the equivalent of Perl's impressive
> Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (or CPAN). 

[snip]

> Unfortunately, I don't have the time or resources to fix it.

Hm. I may have a bit of free time on my hands... I might be able to
offer the services of a machine and some of my time to build a
browsable archive. (I've suffered the pains of unsuccessfully trying to
find a few lisp packages too many times. DejaNews is good, but not
always the best way to do it.)

I just don't know which would be more appropriate:

 (1) An index-only approach (like www.freshmeat.net)

or

 (2) Something like CPAN (distributed copies of the actual code)

Advantages and disadvantages either way. Maybe a hybrid. Maybe we
could just try and convince would-be Lisp hackers to use Freshmeat? Or
do to many people not have a place where they can put their code (http
or ftp server).

Hm.

Ideas?

Jeremy
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