From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Sainty Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Magit Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:33:16 +1200 Message-ID: References: <87zgflc6m9.fsf@codeisgreat.org> <877d2ocou6.fsf@codeisgreat.org> <8735d93r9n.fsf@disroot.org> <87a67gl36g.fsf@disroot.org> <87k06kgtr7.fsf@posteo.net> <87a67efba7.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40077"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Orcon Webmail Cc: Philip Kaludercic , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 07 05:34:32 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 1oVlpg-000AGy-JO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:34:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57796 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oVlpf-0003AK-8v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2022 23:34:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oVloc-00020k-Ex for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2022 23:33:29 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-1.orcon.net.nz ([60.234.4.34]:50875) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oVloa-0007Dx-I8; Tue, 06 Sep 2022 23:33:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.253.37.70] (port=48488 helo=webmail.orcon.net.nz) by smtp-1.orcon.net.nz with esmtpa (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oVloS-0007SI-7A; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:33:16 +1200 Original-Received: from ip-116-251-140-135.kinect.net.nz ([116.251.140.135]) via [10.253.37.253] by webmail.orcon.net.nz with HTTP (HTTP/1.1 POST); Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:33:16 +1200 In-Reply-To: X-Sender: psainty@orcon.net.nz X-GeoIP: -- Received-SPF: pass client-ip=60.234.4.34; envelope-from=psainty@orcon.net.nz; helo=smtp-1.orcon.net.nz X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:294818 Archived-At: On 2022-09-07 14:19, Richard Stallman wrote: > > As is the default for NonGNU ELPA, the Magit repository is > automatically > > synchronised and mirrored. Whenever the version tag in the package > > header is bumped, a new version is released. > > That's normally a good way -- but then I wonder, how was it that a > user found a significant difference between the behavior of the Magit > in NonGNU ELPA and the one on another repo? That user would most likely have installed Magit from the MELPA archive, which tracks the unstable development of every package -- each time MELPA sees a change to a source repository, it builds a new release of that package. GNU ELPA and NonGNU ELPA, conversely, provide new releases only when they observe that the package maintainer updated the version string -- commits made between those version updates do not result in a new release. (Which of these two approaches provides the "best" version of any given package at any given time might vary, of course.) -Phil