Re: Adding the `prescient` packages to NonGNU ELPA?

[Okamsn <okamsn@protonmail.com>]

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On 2022-12-05 17:21 UTC, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>>>>> When I tried testing the installation of `prescient`, it installed
>>>>> an older version of the file `prescient.el` than what is current in the
>>>>> repository. This was the version that received an update to the version
>>>>> number, but how does the system decide which is the most recent stable
>>>>> version of a file? I might need to increase the number to make it
>>>>> install a newer version.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, ELPA finds the last commit that changed the version header and uses
>>>> that to prepare a release.
>>>
>>> OK. I will try updating the version number to make sure that was the
>>> problem.
>>>
>>
>> This was the problem.  The installation works after changing the version
>> number. I have asked about the author's process for releasing a new
>> minor version.
>
> 1+

I have updated the files version number. The packages install
successfully from the built tar files. Are there other steps to perform?

I've reattached the patch to this message.

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diff --git a/elpa-packages b/elpa-packages
index 8254411cb2..1e91d9d4c2 100644
--- a/elpa-packages
+++ b/elpa-packages
@@ -593,6 +593,46 @@
  (popup			:url "https://github.com/auto-complete/popup-el"
   :ignored-files ("LICENSE"))
 
+ ("prescient"           :url "https://github.com/radian-software/prescient.el"
+  :branch "main"
+  :news "CHANGELOG.md"
+  :mainfile "prescient.el"
+  :readme "README.md"
+  :ignored-files ("Dockerfile" "LICENSE.md" "Makefile" "company-prescient.el"
+                  "corfu-prescient.el" "ivy-prescient.el" "scripts"
+                  "selectrum-prescient.el" "stub" "vertico-prescient.el"
+                  ".dir-locals.el" ".github" ".gitignore"))
+
+ ("vertico-prescient"   :url "https://github.com/radian-software/prescient.el"
+  :branch "main"
+  :news "CHANGELOG.md"
+  :mainfile "vertico-prescient.el"
+  :readme "README.md"
+  :ignored-files ("Dockerfile" "LICENSE.md" "Makefile" "company-prescient.el"
+                  "corfu-prescient.el" "ivy-prescient.el" "prescient.el"
+                  "scripts" "selectrum-prescient.el" "stub" ".dir-locals.el"
+                  ".github" ".gitignore"))
+
+ ("corfu-prescient"     :url "https://github.com/radian-software/prescient.el"
+  :branch "main"
+  :news "CHANGELOG.md"
+  :mainfile "corfu-prescient.el"
+  :readme "README.md"
+  :ignored-files ("Dockerfile" "LICENSE.md" "Makefile" "company-prescient.el"
+                  "ivy-prescient.el" "prescient.el" "scripts"
+                  "selectrum-prescient.el" "stub" "vertico-prescient.el"
+                  ".dir-locals.el" ".github" ".gitignore"))
+
+ ("company-prescient"   :url "https://github.com/radian-software/prescient.el"
+  :branch "main"
+  :news "CHANGELOG.md"
+  :mainfile "company-prescient.el"
+  :readme "README.md"
+  :ignored-files ("Dockerfile" "LICENSE.md" "Makefile" "corfu-prescient.el"
+                  "ivy-prescient.el" "prescient.el" "scripts"
+                  "selectrum-prescient.el" "stub" "vertico-prescient.el"
+                  ".dir-locals.el" ".github" ".gitignore"))
+
  (projectile		:url "https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile"
   :ignored-files ("LICENSE" "doc" "test")
   :news "CHANGELOG.md")