Re: How to distribute dynamic modules by themselves?

[Yuan Fu]

> On Mar 24, 2022, at 8:29 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
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>> Just a thought, can I put pre-built modules on ELPA
> 
> Do you mean, the dynamic module itself?  Which machines would you
> build it for?  Which systems?  I worry that you'd be undertaking
> a task that could expand without bounds.

Only machines that I have access for, in the spirit of “provided as is”. I’m 
certainly not capable of providing binary modules for all systems Emacs runs on.

> 
>                                                        so others can
>> download the module and require it by writing some boilerplate
>> code? Just like what I would distribute the module through GitHub
>> release.
> 
> Github is a bad choice, for moral reasons -- see
> https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html for
> explanation of why.  How about choosing a better repo?

I’m aware of GitHub’s issues, but…

Yuan