Re: Elpa question: helping with maintainance of a package in Elpa

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:

> I am helping Phillip to maintain his pabbrev package. He has given me write
> access to his repository on GH, and I was able to update the package with few
> patches It is currently just a "facelift" to skip compiler warnings when
> installing.
>
> Do I understand the information in readme file from Elpa repository correctly: I
> don't have to do anything special more than just update Phillips repo for the
> package on GH, since the Cron job uses that URL to update the package
> automatically if the version is changed? Or do I need to do something more to
> get the new version into Elpa too?

The cron job will synchronise the mirror with the changes made on the GH
repository.  Just note that to release a package, you'll have to bump
the version tag (any commit changing the line with the version number
should do).

> Since this is just a minor release; not new features, no changes in usability it
> does not have to have "announcement" on this list, or do you always announce?

No, package updates are usually never announced on emacs-devel.

> Thanks for the help in advance
> Best regards
> /arthur