Re: ja-dic.el and SKK-JYSYO.L

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> If we do that, we need to replace the file by a URL in the tarball (so
>> the file in `admin' is just a cache).
> ?? I don't understand exactly what you mean.

It's because I was vague: the precise way we replace the file by a URL
is left unspecified.

>> I think it's important to try and preserve the property that the tarball
>> contains all the *source* files.  There are currently some files missing
>> there, admittedly, but I'm not completely happy about it.
> What do you mean by "*source*" here?

Same as in the GPL.  Basically "not auto-generated from some other
file".  IIRC the GPL says something like "the preferred form for
editing".

> Currently leim/ja-dic/ja-dic.el is generated from SKK-JISYO.L manually
> (i.e. by running M-x skkdic-convert) and then committed as the source
> of ja-dic.elc.

The fact that there is a manual step is not enough to make it "source".


        Stefan