From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: difference between elpa/README and Package Archive *info* Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 09:53:31 -0700 Message-ID: <86r1v5e2us.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <87367ltq9f.fsf@rabkins.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="100135"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (windows-nt) To: emacs-devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed May 27 18:54:22 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jdzJt-000PvA-Lx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 18:54:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34086 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdzJs-0006Rg-Nk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 12:54:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdzJF-0005A8-P0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 12:53:41 -0400 Original-Received: from gateway22.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.47.129]:41076) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdzJE-0005e3-1X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 12:53:41 -0400 Original-Received: from cm13.websitewelcome.com (cm13.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.6]) by gateway22.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0671A4FD for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 11:53:35 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from host2007.hostmonster.com ([67.20.76.71]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id dzJ9jCf4kVQh0dzJ9jCxwB; Wed, 27 May 2020 11:53:35 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=stephe-leake.org; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Cc: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=VkZGrSIRdxKseUOXcjVdaCkJ+qpVfm7tDFJavu3f5Rg=; b=Rp04Y+38rT0GQ12dLi9jzzKN0 30JswuNV04p50NJdzITGi+5YTAZy+UwRfSfk9qe8Em8JvoBOr2NGpKtn7QL+JKjQiQDW/3ouE8WNj 4Ouhw/iE/egIeHpnPfnVLg8JQO0emfzCxPeTGCisSfzjSMZ3ZGaMhMeWEr9cncqYZxXDhpF0m2WwM nKTGXwaKr1/sF9BCNcKwi85YjFenc5saTCCqjjoIa62PPMzo7j/LdXw4y6JckkMUB+wAkCIsYpPIx DmtKtoataRAzg/QBbirNhxKA3hCUuStLAnxYxx/keiY7jyUq1KJye/kWxhBANbQMxiqh1enexFUEf Q8v8zWWqg==; Original-Received: from [76.77.182.20] (port=57202 helo=Takver4) by host2007.hostmonster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jdzJ9-002eFl-0N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 10:53:35 -0600 In-Reply-To: <87367ltq9f.fsf@rabkins.net> (Yoni Rabkin's message of "Wed, 27 May 2020 10:18:52 -0400") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host2007.hostmonster.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stephe-leake.org X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 76.77.182.20 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1jdzJ9-002eFl-0N X-Source-Sender: (Takver4) [76.77.182.20]:57202 X-Source-Auth: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbGU7c3RlcGhlbGU7aG9zdDIwMDcuaG9zdG1vbnN0ZXIuY29t X-Local-Domain: yes Received-SPF: neutral client-ip=192.185.47.129; envelope-from=stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org; helo=gateway22.websitewelcome.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/27 12:53:35 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -9 X-Spam_score: -1.0 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NEUTRAL=0.779, T_DKIM_INVALID=0.01, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:251512 Archived-At: Yoni Rabkin writes: > The info node (elisp) Packaging > Package Archives, describes creating a > tar file and a NAME-pkg.el file. It mentions https://elpa.gnu.org > specifically. > > But the README file at (https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs/elpa.git) > elpa/README states that elpa.gnu.org doesn't use tar files, nor do you > need to create a NAME-pkg.el file. > > Is it that elpa.gnu.org is implemented differently? If so, the info file > that references it should probably reflect how elpa.gnu.org actually > works, how it differs from the "stock" setup, and why. The info node describes what the code in package.el expects to see when it accesses a url in package-archives.. The readme on ELPA describes what users of ELPA have to do. In between are the build scripts on ELPA; they build the tar file and NAME-pkg.el file from what the user provides. Other archives may work differently, but they all present the same interface to package.el. -- -- Stephe