From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Amin Bandali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#68660: 29.2; ELPA: Wrong type argument w. multiple maintainers in package-menu-mode Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 15:30:15 -0500 Message-ID: <8734uiwmco.fsf__4900.79293247021$1706387485$gmane$org@gnu.org> References: <877ck14dt4.fsf@neverwas.me> <87o7dcm718.fsf@neverwas.me> <87le8fisqg.fsf@neverwas.me> <87ede7frtz.fsf@neverwas.me> <87y1ceby5w.fsf@neverwas.me> <877cjyaa31.fsf@neverwas.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35826"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/30.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-erc@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , 68660@debbugs.gnu.org To: "J.P." 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I see that support for a >>> `:maintainer' keyword was recently added, but it appears to serve some >>> other purpose. Anyway, I've attached a sketch of what I'm trying to >>> describe, but I'm rather unfamiliar with this program. >> >> Hmm... this requires manual work per package, and it drops support for >> multiple maintainers altogether, so I'd rather not go there. I was >> thinking instead of making `:maintainer` hold only a single item (the >> improper list thingy) and use `:maintainers` to hold the list of >> maintainers when there's more than one, which would be more >> backward compatible and would solve the problem for all packages. > > Yes, what you describe definitely seems preferable. So, I guess > `:maintainer' (singular) will always be populated no matter what, for > the benefit of legacy clients who only speak the one. And newer clients > will be taught to always first check `:maintainers' (plural). > > Please let me know if anything is required from ERC to make this a > reality. And, of course, I very much appreciate your taking the time. > Sorry I'm a bit out of the loop & probably missing some context here. I think I'd prefer to keep the personal names in ERC's Maintainer(s) field if possible, but if it's too much of a hassle and/or impossible then of course that's a different story. I'll defer to J.P. and you to go forward with whatever works best. Thanks, -a