* Source Files for (nonGNU) ELPA Packages
@ 2022-03-26 4:52 Jai Vetrivelan
2022-03-26 9:51 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-03-27 9:23 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Jai Vetrivelan @ 2022-03-26 4:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: NonGNU ELPA Maintainers; +Cc: Philip Kaludercic, Stefan Kangas, Stefan Monnier
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Hello,
I am trying to install third-party packages through my package manager
instead of `package.el'. Sometimes the upstream URL returns 404, so I
fetch the source from ELPA website instead.
Here's an example URL for the subed package on NonGNU ELPA:
https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/subed-1.0.3.tar
Would this link still work if 1.0.3 is no longer the latest version? It
looks to me that the older versions are in the .tar.lz format, and I'd
have to change the URL manually incase there is a new version.
Is there a permanent URL for a certain version of a ELPA package,
regardless of it being the latest version?
--
Jai Vetrivelan
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* Re: Source Files for (nonGNU) ELPA Packages
2022-03-26 4:52 Source Files for (nonGNU) ELPA Packages Jai Vetrivelan
@ 2022-03-26 9:51 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-03-27 9:23 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Philip Kaludercic @ 2022-03-26 9:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jai Vetrivelan; +Cc: Stefan Kangas, Stefan Monnier, NonGNU ELPA Maintainers
Jai Vetrivelan <jaivetrivelan@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install third-party packages through my package manager
> instead of `package.el'. Sometimes the upstream URL returns 404, so I
> fetch the source from ELPA website instead.
>
> Here's an example URL for the subed package on NonGNU ELPA:
>
> https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/subed-1.0.3.tar
>
> Would this link still work if 1.0.3 is no longer the latest version? It
> looks to me that the older versions are in the .tar.lz format, and I'd
> have to change the URL manually incase there is a new version.
>
> Is there a permanent URL for a certain version of a ELPA package,
> regardless of it being the latest version?
From what I know, old packages archives are scrubbed after a while (I am
not certain by what policy).
--
Philip Kaludercic
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* Re: Source Files for (nonGNU) ELPA Packages
2022-03-26 4:52 Source Files for (nonGNU) ELPA Packages Jai Vetrivelan
2022-03-26 9:51 ` Philip Kaludercic
@ 2022-03-27 9:23 ` Stefan Monnier
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2022-03-27 9:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jai Vetrivelan; +Cc: NonGNU ELPA Maintainers, Philip Kaludercic, Stefan Kangas
> Here's an example URL for the subed package on NonGNU ELPA:
>
> https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/subed-1.0.3.tar
>
> Would this link still work if 1.0.3 is no longer the latest version? It
> looks to me that the older versions are in the .tar.lz format, and I'd
> have to change the URL manually incase there is a new version.
No, it's only "stable" once it's not the latest any more.
But you can try with and without `.lz` to avoid this problem.
Or you can fetch from the Git repository (the tarball now contains the
Git revision hash in the `<pkg>-pkg.el` file).
Stefan
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