From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Daniel Semyonov <daniel@dsemy.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: README used by NonGNU packages "remotely" even though it's ignored
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:41:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87leu86tid.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ee00p8bz.fsf@dsemy.com> (Daniel Semyonov's message of "Tue, 07 Jun 2022 22:44:16 +0300")
Daniel Semyonov <daniel@dsemy.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that the description shown on the NonGNU ELPA website for my
> packages (swsw and vcomplete), as well as the description shown through
> Emacs when viewing a version of the packages that isn't installed
> locally is the content of the README file included in their respective
> repositories. However, both packages explicitly ignore that file (using
> an '.elpaignore' file).
Ignored files specify what files should not be added to the package
tarball.
> When viewing the description of a locally installed version of the
> packages, the commentary is shown (as is expected).
>
> I wonder if this behavior is intended, and if so whether it is
> documented anywhere?
See [0]. By default the README file is used. If you prefer to, it is
possible to configure using the commentary section.
[0] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/tree/README?h=elpa-admin#n132,
> Regards,
> Daniel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-07 21:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-07 19:44 README used by NonGNU packages "remotely" even though it's ignored Daniel Semyonov
2022-06-07 21:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-06-07 21:41 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2022-06-07 22:24 ` Daniel Semyonov
2022-06-08 9:21 ` Philip Kaludercic
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