[ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

Hi,

I'd like to include slime-volleyball in GNU ELPA, and move its
development to elpa.git, from:

   https://github.com/fitzsim/slime-volleyball

I have a local branch where I've replayed the history of that repository
into packages/slime-volleyball on the elpa.git master branch.

I've received a few small patches to the code; they're all fewer than 15
lines, so I think it's fine in terms of copyright assignment.

Thanks,
Thomas

Re: [ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[Jean Louis]

* Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@fitzsim.org> [2020-11-22 00:49]:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to include slime-volleyball in GNU ELPA, and move its
> development to elpa.git, from:
> 
>    https://github.com/fitzsim/slime-volleyball

Good move to get away from the trap of Github!

Re: [ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[Stefan Monnier]

> I have a local branch where I've replayed the history of that repository
> into packages/slime-volleyball on the elpa.git master branch.

Sounds like you're grafting your slime-volleyball as a :subtree in the
master branch of elpa.git.  Better make it an external, that's the
preferred way nowadays.

> I've received a few small patches to the code; they're all fewer than 15
> lines, so I think it's fine in terms of copyright assignment.

Sounds good.  IIUC you already have write access, so you can add it
yourself, but if you need help, let me know,


        Stefan

Re: [ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I have a local branch where I've replayed the history of that repository
>> into packages/slime-volleyball on the elpa.git master branch.
>
> Sounds like you're grafting your slime-volleyball as a :subtree in the
> master branch of elpa.git.  Better make it an external, that's the
> preferred way nowadays.

OK.  I was thinking of developing it the same was as Excorporate, as a
"non-external", not using subtrees or anything, just in-line commits
with the elpa.git master branch.  But it looks like elpa.git-as-upstream
externals are possible (see below), in which case I can use that
approach instead.

>> I've received a few small patches to the code; they're all fewer than 15
>> lines, so I think it's fine in terms of copyright assignment.
>
> Sounds good.  IIUC you already have write access, so you can add it
> yourself, but if you need help, let me know,

I want to use elpa.git as the upstream of slime-volleyball.  Is that
what a "nil" external is, e.g.:

 ("dismal"		:external nil)

If so, I'll add a comment in externals-list to that effect.

Thanks,
Thomas

Re: [ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[Stefan Monnier]

> I want to use elpa.git as the upstream of slime-volleyball.  Is that
> what a "nil" external is, e.g.:
>
>  ("dismal"		:external nil)

That's right,

> If so, I'll add a comment in externals-list to that effect.

Even better, thanks,


        Stefan

Re: [ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[Phil Sainty]

I package-install'd slime-volleyball from GNU ELPA, but the installed
contents are only:

slime-volleyball-autoloads.el
slime-volleyball.el
slime-volleyball.elc
slime-volleyball-pkg.el

So M-x slime-volleyball signals the error

> load-file: Cannot open load file: No such file or directory,
> .../.emacs.d/elpa/slime-volleyball-1.1.3/grey-slime.el.gz

The missing files can be seen in the ELPA repository:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/tree/?h=externals/slime-volleyball
so I think it's just the package definition which needs updating?

(info "(elisp)Multi-file Packages")


-Phil

Re: [ELPA] New package: slime-volleyball

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

Hi Phil,

Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> writes:

> I package-install'd slime-volleyball from GNU ELPA, but the installed
> contents are only:
>
> slime-volleyball-autoloads.el
> slime-volleyball.el
> slime-volleyball.elc
> slime-volleyball-pkg.el
>
> So M-x slime-volleyball signals the error
>
>> load-file: Cannot open load file: No such file or directory,
>> .../.emacs.d/elpa/slime-volleyball-1.1.3/grey-slime.el.gz
>
> The missing files can be seen in the ELPA repository:
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/tree/?h=externals/slime-volleyball
> so I think it's just the package definition which needs updating?
>
> (info "(elisp)Multi-file Packages")

Thanks for reporting.  I just pushed version 1.1.5 which should take the
form of a multi-file package when GNU ELPA publishes it in the next few
hours.

Thomas