From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ELPA policy Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 04:16:04 -0600 Message-ID: <86y4e0c2e3.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <87ziyuaqhl.fsf@petton.fr> <868u65afvh.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87lha5snji.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <87d1vhsmuj.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <878u65slue.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <874mgtsjwn.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <867flp8nb7.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <9e33129a-07d0-4abe-a94e-32d6d881519b@default> <86bnb06g7g.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <861tbwcju9.fsf@stephe-leake.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447505165 14596 80.91.229.3 (14 Nov 2015 12:46:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 12:46:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Filipp Gunbin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 14 13:45:52 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxaDA-0007db-B3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:45:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34257 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxaD9-0005NP-He for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 07:45:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32848) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxXsk-0005D9-1l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 05:16:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxXsg-0005ov-Qf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 05:16:29 -0500 Original-Received: from gproxy8-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([67.222.33.93]:34508) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxXsg-0005ni-Ju for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 05:16:26 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 3682 invoked by uid 0); 14 Nov 2015 10:16:18 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO cmgw4) (10.0.90.85) by gproxy8.mail.unifiedlayer.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2015 10:16:18 -0000 Original-Received: from host114.hostmonster.com ([74.220.207.114]) by cmgw4 with id hNG91r00M2UdiVW01NGCP0; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 03:16:18 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=IekUBwaa c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:117 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:17 a=DsvgjBjRAAAA:8 a=f5113yIGAAAA:8 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=hEr_IkYJT6EA:10 a=x_XPkuGwIRMA:10 a=qtqOOiqGOCEA:10 a=atiI1evPeUYOaomgdG0A:9 Original-Received: from [76.218.37.33] (port=61489 helo=TAKVER2) by host114.hostmonster.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxXsP-0007hv-FL; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 03:16:09 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Filipp Gunbin's message of "Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:17:54 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (windows-nt) X-Identified-User: {2442:host114.hostmonster.com:stephele:stephe-leake.org} {sentby:smtp auth 76.218.37.33 authed with stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org} X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 67.222.33.93 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:194450 Archived-At: Filipp Gunbin writes: > On 12/11/2015 09:11 -0800, John Wiegley wrote: > >>>>>>> Filipp Gunbin writes: >> >>> A "tarball" ELPA package is a one thing (that's what I call "bundle into >>> tarball", if I understood right), but "core" ELPA package is another >> >> I must have missed this distinction. What is the difference between "tarball >> ELPA" and "core ELPA"? I was thinking of "core" as anything that is in >> Emacs.git. > > If I got it right, a "tarball" package is copied from elpa.git into the > tarball at release time. This is to bundle package so that Internet is > not required to install it (whether or not it is installed by default). > > "core" package is developed in emacs.git (because core code depends on > it and we have to have full environment in the repo), but then can be > updated from elpa if new version is available. This is to allow > frequent updates of such packages. Yes. I'm working on writing this up for admin/notes/elpa. -- -- Stephe