From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ivan Shmakov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GNU ELPA; mw 0.1: modular MediaWiki interface for Emacs Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:42:36 +0000 Message-ID: <877g01xjhf.fsf@violet.siamics.net> References: <87oatpkof7.fsf@passepartout.tim-landscheidt.de> <87r3ye3mf7.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87zjd1zj0q.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87k342zabt.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87zjcxy6eh.fsf_-_@violet.siamics.net> <87y4shsbf4.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1413400579 12151 80.91.229.3 (15 Oct 2014 19:16:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:16:19 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 15 21:16:14 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 1XeU3O-0002YD-Ez for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:16:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46395 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XeU3N-0005g2-Tu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:16:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41571) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XeTX6-0006uL-5T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:42:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XeTX4-0001pb-R5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:42:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fely.am-1.org ([2a01:4f8:d15:1b86::2]:42537) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XeTX4-0001n1-Fz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:42:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=siamics.net; s=a2013295; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:Sender:References:Subject:To:From; bh=R9ERpSq45Djk707Ls+X2Z+gfnKlEcFRZqCFYm1NluYE=; b=U28OylQdIK92Y0dsN/AAcYSTRH+1AV/gU3ySxDDY05qXCjxm9xlBWL5oh7GwLjkkVY0gWSrvdf0ajHSaIoC4/hVDrYxlSNeOpnReuHSwG1Pkr/GUKeJsFx1gPtMRPaI/vas1HFvBxKjSewhPBIBeHzjLzP6DqSr+VjvTJRWAdc8=; Original-Received: from [2a02:2560:6d4:26ca::1:1d] (helo=violet.siamics.net) by fely.am-1.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XeTX2-0004J8-Sh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:42:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=violet.siamics.net) by violet.siamics.net with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XeTWv-0005wy-Co for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:42:37 +0700 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:51:01 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a01:4f8:d15:1b86::2 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:15:51 -0400 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:175431 Archived-At: >>>>> Stefan Monnier writes: >>> Speaking of the GNU=C2=A0ELPA Git repository, =E2=80=93 it seems to be= a >>> monolithic one (that is: no submodules are used.) > You get to choose (we call the two options "subtree" and "external"). > Auctex, rudel, w3, and a few more are installed as "externals", > i. e. similar to Git submodules (tho hand-managed). > The "external" ones are stored as branches in the same repository > (e. g. the externals/auctex branch). Despite Git allowing for this (apparently), I tend to consider having several root revisions in a single repository somewhat confusing. But I=E2=80=99ve got the idea. Why aren=E2=80=99t these managed as Git submodules, BTW? >>> Curiously, is there a BCP on maintaining a package in a separate >>> repository /and/ keeping its history mirrored in the GNU=C2=A0ELPA one? > You can host a mirror elsewhere if you want. But the elpa repository > is not read-only, so you'll need to pay attention to commits > performed there to keep the two trees in sync. ACK, thanks for clarifying this up. [=E2=80=A6] --=20 FSF associate member #7257 http://boycottsystemd.org/ =E2=80=A6 3013 B6A0= 230E 334A