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.devel Subject: Re: Allowing rolling release packages on ELPA Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 06:32:38 +0000 Message-ID: <87sfjbrt6h.fsf@posteo.net> References: <87o7u4p2t4.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35161"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 26 08:34:21 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1onZzZ-0008v9-7O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:34:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1onZy4-00058X-BV; Wed, 26 Oct 2022 02:32:48 -0400 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 1onZxz-0004ln-U3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2022 02:32:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1onZxy-0005bI-Aj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2022 02:32:43 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5A5C240027 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:32:39 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1666765959; bh=Ejc5J1W1AUygJMpZR6zAHFbYAPFS3MlQ/3Scd/5udZM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=pOO1oVhBD5vDy3mfL2KKbXtQEq0AmoDHBpvpIQqAxCjtFaOMTqL7/Q3DPmZHaXaVw xfIhdEI0pX28o1vg/cKeieGiqoZNe5TwArkQzcAvSvxwnqN/t2aWFuYLLghujTQ8Vg S8tXS4zN2T47eY/HPfDinPAg5QdaIEYN4LNsvROJ+1o5KYVyICF0H63S6JyzigUfbI dznT5Z+ev0IFqQpsHZ1lsyaNdrnFWsf3EfltPsNPtRVdK1pKmhjIwX92hzi0ey2+yr zbInYxB+quMDpZckO/HrT55VjiJX6LqV4RwOq+syD6XrK8gs7fTWYXmvmnJU7PEkz3 2ERfAHZysC3wA== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4MxzWW1PSyz6tn8; Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:32:39 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:40:05 -0400") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:298515 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > Hi Philip, > >> presumably on every commit. The following patch would enable ELPA >> devel-like versioning on ELPA, if enabled with a :rolling-release >> property. WDYT? > > [ I can imagine cases where we may need to explicitly set the "base version" > from which the rolling-release version is computed, but we can cross > this bridge when/if we get there. ] > > I would suggest to add a mention in the doc saying that this > is discouraged. > Also, it should say that it is not compatible with `:release-branch` > and we should signal an error if `:release-branch` is set. Or maybe > make it a special value of `:release-branch` rather than a new keyword? You are right, it should be explicitly discouraged. Overloading :release-branch seems to hacky IMO. > More importantly, it would be good to notice when that flag is out of > date, i.e. signal an error if the `Version:` has changed when that flag > is set. Maybe simply require that flag to be set to a string (rather > than just `t`) which is the expected version specified in `Version:` and > then signal an error if they don't agree? Sure, that can be done but I don't see why?