bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

[Yuan Fu]

I’m happily trying out package-vc and hoping it can replace 
my home-brew install-from-source package!
The docstring of package-vc-selected-packages mentions
package-vc-archive-spec-alist but I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

More over, it would be nice if the documentation of package-vc-install
(docstring or manual) can explain how do I specify the branch when
Using package-vc-install. From what I can see you can only specify the url
and revision.


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bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

[Yuan Fu]

CC Phillip since he probably didn’t see this.

bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

[Philip Kaludercic]

Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> writes:

> I’m happily trying out package-vc and hoping it can replace 
> my home-brew install-from-source package!
> The docstring of package-vc-selected-packages mentions
> package-vc-archive-spec-alist but I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

I have been preparing a few changes on scratch/package-vc-fixes, I
believe that the issues you mention have been resolved there.

> More over, it would be nice if the documentation of package-vc-install
> (docstring or manual) can explain how do I specify the branch when
> Using package-vc-install. From what I can see you can only specify the url
> and revision.

There is no explicit way to do this right now, besides switching to a
different branch after checking out the repository.

The only other thing you can do is provide a package specification, as
documented in `package-vc-selected-packages'.  That has a :branch
property.

Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> writes:

> CC Phillip since he probably didn’t see this.

You are right, sorry about that.

bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

[Yuan Fu]

> On Nov 14, 2022, at 3:28 AM, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
> 
> Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I’m happily trying out package-vc and hoping it can replace 
>> my home-brew install-from-source package!
>> The docstring of package-vc-selected-packages mentions
>> package-vc-archive-spec-alist but I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
> 
> I have been preparing a few changes on scratch/package-vc-fixes, I
> believe that the issues you mention have been resolved there.

Great!

> 
>> More over, it would be nice if the documentation of package-vc-install
>> (docstring or manual) can explain how do I specify the branch when
>> Using package-vc-install. From what I can see you can only specify the url
>> and revision.
> 
> There is no explicit way to do this right now, besides switching to a
> different branch after checking out the repository.
> 
> The only other thing you can do is provide a package specification, as
> documented in `package-vc-selected-packages'.  That has a :branch
> property.

I wonder if I can define my own package archive, so that I can control everything easily, without setting up a full-blown archive with tarballs and a server. Because I’m not going to download any tarballs from the archive, and will only use package-vc-install on this personal archive. IOW a package archive that only provide package specs. Is that possible?

> 
> Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> CC Phillip since he probably didn’t see this.
> 
> You are right, sorry about that.

No worries, I should’ve CC you from the very beginning :-)

Yuan

bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

[Philip Kaludercic]

Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> writes:

>>> More over, it would be nice if the documentation of package-vc-install
>>> (docstring or manual) can explain how do I specify the branch when
>>> Using package-vc-install. From what I can see you can only specify the url
>>> and revision.
>> 
>> There is no explicit way to do this right now, besides switching to a
>> different branch after checking out the repository.
>> 
>> The only other thing you can do is provide a package specification, as
>> documented in `package-vc-selected-packages'.  That has a :branch
>> property.
>
> I wonder if I can define my own package archive, so that I can control
> everything easily, without setting up a full-blown archive with
> tarballs and a server. Because I’m not going to download any tarballs
> from the archive, and will only use package-vc-install on this
> personal archive. IOW a package archive that only provide package
> specs. Is that possible?

It should possible, you would have an empty archive-contents and an
elpa-packages.eld file containing all the specifications.  I haven't
tried it out though, so something might be broken -- but nothing that
can't be fixed.

bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

[Philip Kaludercic]

Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> writes:

> I’m happily trying out package-vc and hoping it can replace 
> my home-brew install-from-source package!
> The docstring of package-vc-selected-packages mentions
> package-vc-archive-spec-alist but I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
>
> More over, it would be nice if the documentation of package-vc-install
> (docstring or manual) can explain how do I specify the branch when
> Using package-vc-install. From what I can see you can only specify the url
> and revision.

This should have been resolved by now.  Closing the report.

bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist

[Yuan Fu]

> On Nov 27, 2022, at 6:05 AM, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
> 
> Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I’m happily trying out package-vc and hoping it can replace 
>> my home-brew install-from-source package!
>> The docstring of package-vc-selected-packages mentions
>> package-vc-archive-spec-alist but I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
>> 
>> More over, it would be nice if the documentation of package-vc-install
>> (docstring or manual) can explain how do I specify the branch when
>> Using package-vc-install. From what I can see you can only specify the url
>> and revision.
> 
> This should have been resolved by now.  Closing the report.

Thanks!