From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Adding packages to ELPA Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:56:25 +0100 Message-ID: <871tr7yara.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <87wq97i78i.fsf@earlgrey.lan> <87sijqxzr2.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <877g11c8wh.fsf@gmx.us> <83fvfo15z7.fsf@gnu.org> <87egv885t6.fsf@gmx.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411135034 31859 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2014 13:57:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:57:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Rasmus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 15:57:07 2014 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 1XUygC-0000EG-F0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:56:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58381 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUygC-00035N-5i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:56:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34344) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUyfu-00035G-Q7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:56:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUyfp-00039i-7a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0400 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:56806 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUyfp-00039W-1b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:56:33 -0400 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 29B97AC05F2; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:11:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37C656025D; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:56:25 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:47:55 -0400") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 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:174552 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > There are various things that need to be improved in the GNU ELPA > infrastructure as well, which mostly require hacking on scripts and > things like that: > > - Fix the forward-diffs.py so it finds the package names even when Git > decides to truncate the file's names in the diffstat part of the message. > - Fix the forward-diffs.py so it automatically finds the maintainers > email, or automatically updates the list of maintainers. > - Fix the forward-diffs.py so it also works for the `externals/' branches. > - Fix the update-archive scripts so it builds the `foo.info' file from > the Texinfo sources and creates a matching `dir' file. > - Fix the update-archive scripts so it signs the packages. > >> Is there a public list of people who have signed copyright or do you >> typically just rgrep NEWS/AUTHOR file(s)? > > There's a list (on fencepost.gnu.org), but it's not public (it's only > accessible to maintainers of GNU packages, more or less). If someone > needs access to the list, of course we can provide access. Would you be interested in putting GNU ELPA on marmalade's code base? Nic