From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: a few questions on GNU ELPA Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87oatpkof7.fsf@passepartout.tim-landscheidt.de> <87r3ye3mf7.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87zjd1zj0q.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87k342zabt.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <874muvpz2m.fsf__26477.4647228935$1414013842$gmane$org@violet.siamics.net> <87siide1r2.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87k3186mri.fsf_-_@violet.siamics.net> <871tmlpngt.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87r3udk8e6.fsf_-_@violet.siamics.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422547582 8225 80.91.229.3 (29 Jan 2015 16:06:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:06:22 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 29 17:06:22 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YGrbp-00005D-Rk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:06:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60548 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YGrbp-0002hp-7I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55151) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YGrbm-0002hd-EM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YGrbh-00056X-G1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:18 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:41229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YGrbh-00056Q-Aq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:13 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id t0TG6B6p027898; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:11 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 163C32214; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:11 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87r3udk8e6.fsf_-_@violet.siamics.net> (Ivan Shmakov's message of "Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:45:37 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV5201=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9393 : core <5201> : inlines <1988> : streams <1381423> : uri <1844286> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:181990 Archived-At: > Reading elpa/README left me with a few unanswered questions. > First of all, =E2=80=93 when the package is of the multi-file variety, > would the =E2=80=9Crelease machinery=E2=80=9D be somehow offended should > I import the pre-release history /without/ the respective > PKG/PKG.el file, =E2=80=93 used (AIUI) for its Version: metadata field? > (I=E2=80=99ll then push that file in a separate =E2=80=9Crelease=E2=80= =9D commit.) If the .el file is missing from the HEAD revision, the nightly deployment scripts may complain (to me), but if it's just missing in some previous revision, that's of no consequence. > Now, that same file is going to have a dozen lines of code > (excluding comments) at most (that is: mainly the =E2=80=98defgroup=E2= =80=99 and > =E2=80=98provide=E2=80=99 forms.) Should I use the GPL3+ notice for tha= t file > (as the rest of the code uses), or would the simple > all-permissive license [1] be also acceptable? For auctex.el I just used the standard GPL3 notice. Saved me some valuable thinking ;-) > Also regarding the release machinery, do I understand it > correctly that there=E2=80=99s currently no way to maintain several > (say, =E2=80=9Cdevelopment=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cstable=E2=80=9D) branch= es in GNU ELPA? That's right. Of course, you can keep a "development" branch somewhere in elpa.git if you want, but the GNU ELPA deployment scripts won't know anything about it. Stefan