Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Thu 17 Oct 2024 at 10:22pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>
>> Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Reusing the emacs-goodies-el source package just seemed convenient.
>>> Making a separate source package is fine with me.  Xiyue?
>>>
>>
>> Ack.  Let me make a new source package then.  Is
>> `emacs-editing-major-mode' good for the source package name?
>>
>> [ BTW, as I mentioned I was thinking about introducing more metapackages
>> for various useful tools/minor modes/etc., so I would have suggested
>> something more generic for the source package name.  Now I think the
>> Debtag system Nicholas mentioned may work better, and we can also set up
>> a Debian Wiki page for an overview of packaged Addons in Debian, which
>> would also serve the purpose. ]
>
> Note that debtags has been sunset and is officially unmaintained.  It
> might go away at any time.
>
> How about calling it emacs-addons-metapackages just in case we want
> something else some day?
>

Sounds good.  This makes the intention to only have metapackages clear.

I took the liberty to have created the repo and added
emacs-editing-major-modes[1].  I have also reverted the change in
emacs-goodies-el[2].  PTAL.

> -- 
> Sean Whitton

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/emacs-addons-metapackages
[2] 
https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/emacs-goodies-el/-/commit/54b3d4413eb9b7dcc80fd4c48c3af720c2e30a08

-- 
Regards,
Xiyue Deng

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