Re: [nongnu] main 385623dca6 2/2: * elpa-packages (notmuch): New package.

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Wed 21 Dec 2022 at 11:03PM -05, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>
>> This was discussed back when I wanted to add a few modes developed in
>> mono-repos (erlang was one example, cmake is another).  I had managed to
>> make this work using filter-branch IIRC, but we never set up a mirror.
>> Perhaps we should tackle that again, even if the solution is suboptimal
>
> I think we should yes.
>
>> and host the filtered repositories on savannah.nongnu.org.
>
> Or the filtered result could just live in nongnu.git/elpa.git.

Right, the external/foo branch can just be the new history.

>> I could set up a similar structure to nongnu.git and have each
>> repository we are interested in mirrored on their own branches that
>> nongnu.git:elpa-packages would target.
>
> I was thinking of doing the work within `elpaa--fetch`, actually.

I'd like to work on this.  How far did you get, Philip?  How can I help?

-- 
Sean Whitton