Re: How to install documentation in sub-directory with Package VC?

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>>> - `:url`
>>> - `:branch`
>>> - `:lisp-dir`
>>> - `:main-file`
>>> - `:doc`
>>> - `:vc-backend`
>>>
>>> I did not see any others. Are there others?
>>
>> Those should be it for now.
>
> For what it's worth, since [1] MELPA generates a "elpa-packages.eld".

That is great!  I was planning to look at how this could be done for
MELPA, but as I am not familiar with the build-system I have been
deferring this for a while.

> We only provide :url, and where appropriate :branch, :vc-backend and
> :maintainer.  

:maintainer is currently not used (TBH I am not sure what the point of
it is in elpa-admin to begin with), so I guess you don't have to insert
that if you want to reduce the file size.

>               :main-file shouldn't be required because we don't accept
> packages for which that would be necessary.  We don't set :doc or
> :lisp-dir (yet?).

Do you think it could be possible to support :doc and :lisp-dir.  IIUC
the issue is that MELPA only accepts a list of files to include when
bundling a package (:files) and the build system would have to infer
what what is?

> [1] https://github.com/melpa/package-build/commit/0cfcc5ce30186a5d1b92c1d

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Philip Kaludercic