An ELPA traffic cadet is once again trying to make up rules which the ELPA maintainers have to follow, while not having contributed anything significant to Emacs or ELPA himself:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-05/msg00564.html

Emacs and ELPA are under continuous pressure by some people with a political agenda. This makes it difficult to contribute there since the rules may change from one day to another.

@pkal @tarsius

#emacs #elpa

@pkal I like your new ELPA redesign - but may I suggest to keep the old colors? I like them, even if they are a bit strong, and I also find it important that the archive stays recognizable.

- old: https://elpa.gnu.org/
- new: https://pkal.sdf.org/gnu-elpa/

#emacs #elpa

For anyone interested in publishing an Emacs package on GNU or NonGNU ELPA, we just added a page on how to do that and what to keep in mind: https://elpa.gnu.org/contributing.html

If anything is not clear, please reach out! My hope is that this document can help clarify some of the misconceptions around ELPA and demystify the process.

#emacs #elpa

If you're facing weird effects or poor performance when working with #Emacs (or #orgmode) and you're having a customized setup:

One thing that may solve some issues is removing your elpa/melpa packages and let it install from scratch.

It might be a good idea not to mix up #melpa and #elpa packages as it might introduce broken dependencies with mismatching package versions.

I've had my learning yesterday and it cost me and unfortunately another expert half of the day to find out about my mistake(s).

Edit: I initiated a #WORG page for tips like that: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-performance.html

Emacs 31: Demonstration of pre-install package.el reviews

https://spectra.video/w/gLUZf7mmanAgrdHDj7ZuSJ

A proposal for reviewing Emacs package releases on ELPA: https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-12/msg00419.html

I would appreciate feedback, especially from people who have packages on {,Non}GNU ELPA. So if possible, please share the link on other channels.

Edit: To be clear, I am not looking for reactions here or on other sites, but on the mailing list!

#emacs #elpa