From: Richard Stallman Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:41:39 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Fix text about Lisp archives in the Emacs FQ X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.1-rc1~62 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=11e3413cff3126c54244d0ecaface36ca518bf42;p=emacs.git 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. --- 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 available, and then Emacs can automatically download and install the packages that you select. @xref{Packages,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. -There are other, non-GNU, Emacs Lisp package servers, including: -@uref{https://melpa.org, MELPA}; and -@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. 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. +There are other Emacs Lisp package archives. To use additional +archives, you can customize the @code{package-archives} variable. +Those archives have no affiliation with GNU Emacs, and we do not +monitor how they are maintained. They may pay close attention to +correctness and safety of the code, or they may give only cursory +attention. + +Also, packages hosted on these other archives may encourage or require +you to install and use other nonfree programs. Unless you can verify +that a package is free software, and that it functions without +installing any nonfree software, we recommend for your freedom's sake +that you stay away from it. The @uref{https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources, GNU Emacs sources mailing list}, which is gatewayed to the