From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#68660: 29.2; ELPA: Wrong type argument w. multiple maintainers in package-menu-mode Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:59:19 +0000 Message-ID: <87a5o3gexk.fsf__12853.6416030087$1707930035$gmane$org@posteo.net> 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> <87ttmssxok.fsf@neverwas.me> <87eddfg61t.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="4256"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-erc@gnu.org, Amin Bandali , Stefan Monnier , 68660@debbugs.gnu.org To: "J.P." 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P.'s message of "Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:58:54 -0800") OpenPGP: id=7126E1DE2F0CE35C770BED01F2C3CC513DB89F66; url="https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/7126E1DE2F0CE35C770BED01F2C3CC513DB89F66"; preference=signencrypt 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:280021 Archived-At: "J.P." writes: > Hi Philip, > > "J.P." writes: > >>>> 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. >>> >>> Nothing specific on ERC's side, no. >>> But patches for `elpa-admin.el` and for Emacs would be welcome >>> (tho extra time would be welcome as well :-) >> >> As far as patches go, I unfortunately remain rather uninitiated to the >> mysteries of this package system and doubt I can up my game >> sufficiently >> enough to amount to anything more than a sad annoyance. However, I can >> try harassing other package.el folk to see if any among them might >> bend. >> Thanks. > > You seem to be among the more active Emacs contributors in and around > package.el and GNU ELPA, so I suppose I'm asking if you wouldn't mind > weighing in on this when you get a chance. > > To summarize, I've belatedly discovered that once ERC 5.6 is released, > the more-or-less widely acknowledged [1] "baseline" package-upgrade > method (of manually navigating the `package-menu-mode' UI from M-x > list-packages) won't actually work on any ERC-supported Emacs release > (currently 27+) even though it's the one method recommended in ERC's > docs (expressly because it was perceived as being fail-safe). And while > C-u M-x package-install RET does in fact work on Emacs 29, it's sadly > not documented in the ERC manual that ships with 29.2. > > Stefan has suggested renaming the `:maintainer' item in the `extras' > slot of `package-desc' objects to `:maintainers' (plural). IIUC, this > would have the effect of solving the issue by omitting the "Maintainer:" > line item in *Help* buffers produced by `package-menu-describe-package' > and friends for all packages on all Emacs versions below 30.1. That also seems to be the best idea to me as well. > Full > remediation would, I think, also require that foo-pkg.el files and > /archive-contents data hosted on elpa.gnu.org reflect the newer format. I am not familiar with ERC's infrastructure, shouldn't this happen automatically? > To help move this process along, Stefan has called for patches, but I > unfortunately am unable to reciprocate because I lack the wherewithal. > Hoping you're able to assist in this regard either directly, with code, > or by pointing out specific areas in the Emacs code base (and possibly > elpa-admin's as well) that would need addressing. I could help, but I don't understand what is going on well enough to produce any concrete patches. > TIA, > J.P. > > [1] > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2024-01/msg01575.html