From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Cloos Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: ELPA vs ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu releases Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:47:20 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405795933 16688 80.91.229.3 (19 Jul 2014 18:52:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:52:13 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 19 20:52:08 2014 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 1X8Zjq-0006fh-6i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:52:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55297 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8Zjp-0005oR-Oh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:52:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57105) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8Zjj-0005oM-0Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:52:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8Zje-0008Vx-Ll for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:51:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ore.jhcloos.com ([198.147.23.85]:57547) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8Zje-0008Vt-Cy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:51:54 -0400 Original-Received: by ore.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 5C82D1E362; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:51:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=ore14; t=1405795912; bh=CZqiVDHfZuhvFMYmaPiQobwBcQUaPYxd888dV2HhuuQ=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=l50RrUbdP0HlaM43TctD5OZubOkbJdNG8HPvZe9LTE8+vpGenf6gCo+ha6FiWgBFG 2ks2D1DiHeDDmIJ/o58IP6YXl6wOe0RbjVSPFCGkWQYOXuaCH0RAAhwyUFaPsHxjcs Gv6HVzG9bpyAQ5XvlmLJAHBF4cpf+/DazHpvo5bY= Original-Received: by carbon.jhcloos.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id ADC1260022; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:47:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAgMAAABinRfyAAAACVBMVEX///8ZGXBQKKnCrDQ3 AAAAJElEQVQImWNgQAAXzwQg4SKASgAlXIEEiwsSIYBEcLaAtMEAADJnB+kKcKioAAAAAElFTkSu QmCC Copyright: Copyright 2014 James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6; url=https://jhcloos.com/public_key/0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Original-Lines: 24 X-Hashcash: 1:30:140719:emacs-devel@gnu.org::X/BtwjDDNIQcO77u:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000Qg+97 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 198.147.23.85 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:173060 Archived-At: What is the policy for packages which are now part of ELPA, but which have directories under ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu where tar releases used to be posted? Will, or should, the ELPA releases be copied to ftp? As one example: For example, auctex's most recent release on ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/auctex is 11.87, with two styles of compressed tar and two styles of zip files. ELPA, OTOH, has 11.87 and 11.87.1 through 11.87.6, all only available, AFAICT, as uncompressed tar files. The ftp site also has pre-compiled versions of the manuals in postscript and pdf format. The ELPA release, again AFAICT, has neither. I want to ensure that the various distributions know where to look for new versions of any packages which they've been re-distributing which have moved to ELPA. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6