Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New packages: popon, corfu-terminal, flymake-popon

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:
>>
>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I will wait a day or something like that before pushing the changes,
>>>>> in case someone has objections or comments.
>>>>
>>>> Pushed, the packages should appear when ELPA refreshes (approx. every 12
>>>> hours).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ahh, you applied the wrong patch.  :(
>>>
>>> I'm send a new patch fixing the mistake.  Please apply it to the current
>>> main branch.
>>
>> Oh no, my bad.  I have applied the patch, but am afraid that ELPA might
>> not remove the old package from the archive.  This might be a good
>> excuse to implement garbage collection.
>
> Thanks.  Not removing the old package shouldn't be a problem, as there
> is a compatibility file corfu-popup.el that warns the user.  But will
> the old package be updated?  Then that will probably be a problem when I
> remove the compatibility file.

To my understanding the package will remain in the archive as is, and
will not be updated.  Stefan will know more.