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| author | Richard Stallman | 2020-06-10 23:41:39 -0400 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii | 2020-06-20 10:56:54 +0300 |
| commit | 11e3413cff3126c54244d0ecaface36ca518bf42 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b08670f716825b8979b28443926dc023fc4993d | |
| parent | 4c8172467533d70e6d2d0a58f527a84a7e59355a (diff) | |
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Fix text about Lisp archives in the Emacs FQ
* doc/misc/efaq.texi (Packages that do not come with Emacs): Warn
about using Lisp archives other than GNU ELPA.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/efaq.texi | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi index b2ed60b8d80..f948a489f44 100644 --- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi | |||
| @@ -3474,15 +3474,18 @@ You can browse the resulting @file{*Packages*} buffer to see what is | |||
| 3474 | available, and then Emacs can automatically download and install the | 3474 | available, and then Emacs can automatically download and install the |
| 3475 | packages that you select. @xref{Packages,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. | 3475 | packages that you select. @xref{Packages,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. |
| 3476 | 3476 | ||
| 3477 | There are other, non-GNU, Emacs Lisp package servers, including: | 3477 | There are other Emacs Lisp package archives. To use additional |
| 3478 | @uref{https://melpa.org, MELPA}; and | 3478 | archives, you can customize the @code{package-archives} variable. |
| 3479 | @uref{https://marmalade-repo.org, Marmalade}. To use additional | 3479 | Those archives have no affiliation with GNU Emacs, and we do not |
| 3480 | package servers, customize the @code{package-archives} variable. Be | 3480 | monitor how they are maintained. They may pay close attention to |
| 3481 | aware that installing a package can run arbitrary code, so only add | 3481 | correctness and safety of the code, or they may give only cursory |
| 3482 | sources that you trust. Also, packages hosted on non-GNU package | 3482 | attention. |
| 3483 | servers may encourage or require you to install and use non-free | 3483 | |
| 3484 | software; for example, MELPA is known to host some packages that do | 3484 | Also, packages hosted on these other archives may encourage or require |
| 3485 | this. | 3485 | you to install and use other nonfree programs. Unless you can verify |
| 3486 | that a package is free software, and that it functions without | ||
| 3487 | installing any nonfree software, we recommend for your freedom's sake | ||
| 3488 | that you stay away from it. | ||
| 3486 | 3489 | ||
| 3487 | The @uref{https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources, | 3490 | The @uref{https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources, |
| 3488 | GNU Emacs sources mailing list}, which is gatewayed to the | 3491 | GNU Emacs sources mailing list}, which is gatewayed to the |