From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Tromey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CVS is the `released version' Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:07:26 -0700 Message-ID: <17992.31534.969910.687746@localhost.localdomain> References: <2cd46e7f0705101124r72000f78xdf05d18ca815ca57@mail.gmail.com> <17991.47259.210100.801472@localhost.localdomain> <87y7jsf0yd.fsf@ambire.localdomain> Reply-To: Tom Tromey NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179156229 28006 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2007 15:23:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , rms@gnu.org, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 14 17:23:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HncOo-0006oE-9V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 17:23:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HncWZ-00048Q-Na for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:31:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HncWV-00046t-VP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:31:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HncWV-00046G-CM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:31:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HncWV-00046A-AE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:31:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HncOi-0000Pa-AK; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:23:40 -0400 Original-Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4EFNdhw020266; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:23:39 -0400 Original-Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.20]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4EFNd7F002892; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:23:39 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain.redhat.com (vpn-14-133.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.14.133]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4EFNZOS024022; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:23:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87y7jsf0yd.fsf@ambire.localdomain> X-Mailer: VM 7.19-cannot_determine_precise_VM_version. under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-Attribution: Tom X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:71037 Archived-At: >>>>> ">" == Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: Tom> packages consisting of a single .el file (the most common Tom> kind) are very easy to fix up for inclusion. That's because Tom> package.el can usually extract the information it needs for files Tom> following the already existing Emacs commenting guidelines. >> does "very easy" include "without modification"? that would be great. >> someone else mentioned that xemacs' package system imposes policy that >> ends up not being followed. what plans would you have to make >> package.el operate completely heuristically (possibly w/ human >> intervention to fix glitches)? If you have a self-contained .el file that follows the Emacs commenting guidelines, then it can be uploaded and distributed without modifications. Most modifications I've had to make in practice have been along the lines of fixing the formatting of the "foo.el ends here" comment, or adding a "Version:" header. Tom