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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2020-05-16 10:30:43 +0300 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2020-05-16 10:30:43 +0300 |
| commit | efd4e973a4f0c7fe9442b677c6fdeebb347e2b9d (patch) | |
| tree | 3ba86ad4758d88ba0bd78cc43a5630404a00108a /doc/misc/efaq.texi | |
| parent | 28541674cdff8e4d1587391ac66818c56885f083 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-efd4e973a4f0c7fe9442b677c6fdeebb347e2b9d.tar.gz | |
Reflect the emacs-devel ELPA/MELPA dispute in FAQ
* doc/misc/efaq.texi (Packages that do not come with Emacs): Warn
that some MELPA packages may require non-free software.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/efaq.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi index 962f76d1796..132e8ffaa93 100644 --- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi @@ -3479,7 +3479,10 @@ There are other, non-GNU, Emacs Lisp package servers, including: @uref{https://marmalade-repo.org, Marmalade}. To use additional package servers, customize the @code{package-archives} variable. Be aware that installing a package can run arbitrary code, so only add -sources that you trust. +sources that you trust. Also, packages hosted on non-GNU package +servers may encourage or require you to install and use non-free +software; for example, MELPA is known to host some packages that do +this. The @uref{https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources, GNU Emacs sources mailing list}, which is gatewayed to the |