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Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#68660: 29.2; ELPA: Wrong type argument w. multiple maintainers in package-menu-mode Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:57:06 -0800 Message-ID: <877cjyaa31.fsf__3733.67311419628$1706119107$gmane$org@neverwas.me> References: <877ck14dt4.fsf@neverwas.me> <87o7dcm718.fsf@neverwas.me> <87le8fisqg.fsf@neverwas.me> <87ede7frtz.fsf@neverwas.me> <87y1ceby5w.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="14390"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: emacs-erc@gnu.org, Amin Bandali , 68660@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 24 18:58:18 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rShVy-0003WX-DV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:58:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rShVg-0005Cn-Bn; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:58:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rShVd-0005CQ-Hn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:57:57 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rShVd-0007KT-1t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:57:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rShVi-00077d-2J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:58:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "J.P." Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 68660 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 68660-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B68660.170611904927334 (code B ref 68660); Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 68660) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jan 2024 17:57:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46546 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rShVA-00076n-W2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:57:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-108-mta195.mxroute.com ([136.175.108.195]:35099) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rShV8-00076e-Di for 68660@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:57:28 -0500 Original-Received: from filter006.mxroute.com ([136.175.111.2] filter006.mxroute.com) (Authenticated sender: mN4UYu2MZsgR) by mail-108-mta195.mxroute.com (ZoneMTA) with ESMTPSA id 18d3c9e7bc20003727.001 for <68660@debbugs.gnu.org> (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384); Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:57:15 +0000 X-Zone-Loop: 8fe9dd80167850802030de1e1300867e3147bb21b84c X-Originating-IP: [136.175.111.2] DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=neverwas.me ; s=x; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To: Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=830oDDvpJtNpWmJKCMZodp/8iQkvvwCqPFSQ/gWp4yA=; b=Wl0Wp4BcJv0p1+U1wBR3lmiBQT sJxX57DdsDU3pSWI15R0ARzxKZ9xa4lTX2ZIEPx4rKuxBQwWnZYkga4CuhGhzSLFqAc254ewztV7q Neo8WC3/vNdtUdMZ5BsyN4JH+E7cCesKXPaoVdkBwveLPubJIepPeuZozJ8QBUgol74lP9BTRO6BU t08qQVI5Ms1k482AG5AEqrmbw1tUZlFNurhhukZkLLyBAvVdvuyp/dooHRVOD7HNSOIgFhxX75j1L jv/JgcRd5DerGntbG+qfNR7TOPc4uAFfS9zr+dmWlAa3yMzfqQbXB2Qwwe91crbwF/mpp6pduD41c uwrc1OeQ==; In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:41:50 -0500") X-Authenticated-Id: masked@neverwas.me X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:278810 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>>> I can see several ways to "fix" this, but I think the simplest would be >> Would one of those several ways possibly include overriding the >> `package-desc-extras' :maintainer item scraped by `lm-maintainers' with >> a spec item from an elpa-packages entry? 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.