Re: elpa.gnu.org policy

[Lluís <xscript@gmx.net>]

Ted Zlatanov writes:

> On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:40:39 +0100 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info> wrote: 
JD> - Who will assure there's no regression for Emacs 24.1 user when people
JD> will starts uploading packages using 24.2 only function?

JD> - Who will assure there's no regression at all?

[...]
> Maybe elpa.gnu.org should publish a repository for each Emacs release,
> enabled by default in that release:

> All 24.x releases:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages-24

> 24.1 only:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages-24.1

> 24.2 only:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages-24.2

> ...

> All releases:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages

But package.el supports version dependencies, right? Then package
developers should set that accordingly (both lower and upper version
bounds, if necessary).

Using version-specific repositories requires just that same work of
checking compatibility.


Lluis

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