From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Don't add tags to ELPA packages -- documentation? Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:51:28 -0700 Message-ID: <87k0kjoi3j.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87fsv7bww1.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34706"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 17 23:52:28 2021 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 1mG70W-0008n7-65 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:52:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44858 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mG70U-0001Yu-Ie for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:52:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49784) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mG6zl-0000sW-Gp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:51:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:53610) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mG6zj-0006zI-PW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:51:41 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (75-172-126-110.tukw.qwest.net [75.172.126.110]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 951DCFA07F; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 21:51:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1629237089; bh=OMK5vJYB4i3ob15Xv1cy6f9GboWI7PfHTwDpwQlW+Jw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=fPO5AcRKfuHQWLO8je4xL0qJoCJa+ramaTHcpnXNO1IQcKO+lIWPTqBDYLwrSeJJ+ Fl9Vx45Pgxvi9exYyG4AnXehc2Yw3+E3PFjJ5uajh8WGAMBre4vIkg+qSlnt00Htq4 UzZ/CxxMd9bIzaCCpNUxhCZaCGPsnLIL0mtVz8/c= In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:24:19 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.70.2.18; envelope-from=eric@ericabrahamsen.net; helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no 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:272524 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> Can I patch the README to tell developers not to use tags at all? > > Sure. > Indeed tags are not used in elpa.git and nongnu.git. > > Of course, you can still use tags there if you want, like in any > other repository, but you're better off giving them names that include > the relevant package's name, like `ebdb-0.7`. Good to know! I don't suppose you know what happens when we add ELPA or nongnu ELPA as a new remote to a repo already containing tags that will conflict with ELPA tags? Do you know at what stage git will bark at us? Anyway, I can probably figure this out myself, but inquiring minds on Matrix want to know...