From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:55:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877fp3dxt2.fsf@gmail.com> <87lhdii4ob.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439308644 31295 80.91.229.3 (11 Aug 2015 15:57:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:57:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thierry Volpiatto Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 11 17:57:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPBvN-0004d1-V7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:57:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34969 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPBvN-0003HA-A6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:57:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPBtx-0001Oe-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:55:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPBtt-00028d-GA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:55:44 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:34560) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPBtt-00026s-1L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:55:41 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0A1FgA731xV//gFNJ1cgxBUgy6FVbtAh0sEAgKBPDoTAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwFWIxALNBIUGA0kiDcIzyMBAQEBBgIBH4s6hDpLB4QtBYtEjioFmxEjhBQigngBAQE X-IPAS-Result: A0A1FgA731xV//gFNJ1cgxBUgy6FVbtAh0sEAgKBPDoTAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwFWIxALNBIUGA0kiDcIzyMBAQEBBgIBH4s6hDpLB4QtBYtEjioFmxEjhBQigngBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,465,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="159483823" Original-Received: from 157-52-5-248.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([157.52.5.248]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 11 Aug 2015 11:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 64C656176E; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:55:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87lhdii4ob.fsf@gmail.com> (Thierry Volpiatto's message of "Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:56:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:188726 Archived-At: >> How would that work? I mean a single-file package, as the name implies, >> is made up of a single file, > AFAIK a single source file inside a directory. No: in the elpa.git source, yes, in the .emacs.d/elpa/ dir, yes, but not in the "package archive" (the http server) where it's a single file (either a .el or a .tar file). AFAIK this discussion is only about the format used for the "single .el files" in the package archive. Stefan