From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, daniele@grinta.net,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: decision on moving core packages to ELPA; also move to obsolete?
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:09:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bd40abb9-4cfb-048c-f7f6-344f9b2ef714@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83bletahq0.fsf@gnu.org>
On 16.12.2020 17:33, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> - When making an Emacs X.YZ release, we require that every "external"
>> package has a tag emacs-xyz in its repository, and we pull in and
>> package that version.
>>
>> - In the very same file in Emacs' tree that the repositories with
>> external packages will be listed, we also list the corresponding
>> revisions that will go into the upcoming release.
>>
>> The latter is essentially the "git modules" model, which we can also
>> use.
>
> I think, if the above suits us (see my other message in this thread),
> we should indeed use "git submodule".
Perhaps. And since it's a standard model with a checkout inside the
worktree, it should be easy to integrate in the build script, and it
might even solve the future problem of how to depend on the code in a
bundled package.
>> One advantage it has is that the package author forgotten to push a
>> tag for some Emacs release, we're still covered.
>
> You mean, advantage compared to using submodules? If so, I don't
> think I see how submodules are different in this regard.
No, compared to the first option (external repos having special tags).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-16 16:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-14 19:59 decision on moving core packages to ELPA; also move to obsolete? Stephen Leake
2020-12-14 20:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-14 23:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 5:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 9:32 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2020-12-15 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 17:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 17:30 ` Glenn Morris
2020-12-15 17:43 ` Glenn Morris
2020-12-15 17:54 ` Glenn Morris
2020-12-15 19:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 18:49 ` Stephen Leake
2020-12-15 18:53 ` Stephen Leake
2020-12-15 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 19:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 20:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 20:55 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-12-16 15:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 16:09 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2020-12-15 22:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 3:13 ` Tests in core depending on GNU ELPA packages (was: decision on moving core packages to ELPA; also move to obsolete?) Thomas Fitzsimmons
2020-12-16 3:24 ` Tests in core depending on GNU ELPA packages Stefan Monnier
2021-02-19 1:09 ` Thomas Fitzsimmons
2021-02-19 1:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 17:53 ` decision on moving core packages to ELPA; also move to obsolete? Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 18:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 19:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 20:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 20:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 20:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 19:46 ` Stephen Leake
2020-12-16 20:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 19:21 ` Stephen Leake
2020-12-16 19:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 19:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 20:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 22:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 8:29 ` Michael Albinus
2020-12-16 14:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 14:42 ` Michael Albinus
2020-12-16 8:47 ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-16 17:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 18:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 19:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 20:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 18:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 20:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 20:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 22:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 17:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 18:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 19:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 20:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 20:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-16 21:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-16 19:44 ` Stephen Leake
2020-12-16 20:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-10 23:05 ` ELPA notes, README Stephen Leake
2021-01-10 23:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 14:05 ` decision on moving core packages to ELPA; also move to obsolete? Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 17:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-15 17:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-15 5:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-15 18:50 ` Stephen Leake
2021-01-07 17:33 ` Stephen Leake
2021-01-07 20:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-08 17:00 ` Stephen Leake
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