From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: "J.P." <jp@neverwas.me>
Cc: emacs-erc@gnu.org, 68660@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68660: 29.2; ELPA: Wrong type argument w. multiple maintainers in package-menu-mode
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:48:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvplxrx2be.fsf-monnier+emacs__42201.3371180341$1706039431$gmane$org@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7dcm718.fsf@neverwas.me> (J. P.'s message of "Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:57:39 -0800")
> Hm, I'm starting to suspect this perceived "breakage" may in fact be
> intentional (i.e., a "schema evolution"), at least on the /devel
> endpoint, given it seems to be reflected in the disparity between
>
> ;; /devel/archive-contents
> (:maintainer ("Bob Weiner" . "rsw@gnu.org")
> ("Mats Lidell" . "matsl@gnu.org"))
>
> and
>
> ;; /packages/archive-contents
> (:maintainer "Bob Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>, Mats Lidell"
> . "matsl@gnu.org")
That just depends on when the package was built (i.e. before or after
`elpa.gnu.org`s Emacs was upgraded from Emacs-27 to Emacs-28).
> And likewise for ./foo-pkg.el in
>
> ;; /devel/foo-42.0.tar
> (define-package ... :maintainer
> '(("Bob Weiner" . "rsw@gnu.org") ("Mats Lidell" . "matsl@gnu.org")))
>
> vs.
>
> ;; /packages/foo-42.0.tar
> (define-package ... :maintainer
> '("Bob Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>, Mats Lidell" . "matsl@gnu.org"))
Same thing.
> Assuming this isn't a red herring, will this perceived dichotomy hold
> going forward? That is, can we count on releases at the /packages
> endpoint being of the improper-list variety and not the alist variety
> for the foreseeable future?
No.
> If so, then I guess this bug is much ado about nothing and can be
> closed, since ERC 5.6+ will be installable on 27+ in the manner
> recommended in our docs.
Its installable via `package-install`, but not from the
`package-menu-describe-package` because of this bug in that command.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-23 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-22 14:56 bug#68660: 29.2; ELPA: Wrong type argument w. multiple maintainers in package-menu-mode J.P.
2024-01-22 15:23 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <jwvjzo11jh2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
2024-01-23 14:57 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <87o7dcm718.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-01-23 19:48 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
[not found] ` <jwvplxrx2be.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
2024-01-23 22:34 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <87le8fisqg.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-01-24 0:55 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <jwvv87jsgfz.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
2024-01-24 1:22 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <87ede7frtz.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-01-24 14:31 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <87y1ceby5w.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-01-24 15:41 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <jwv5xziyc60.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
2024-01-24 17:57 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <877cjyaa31.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-01-27 20:30 ` Amin Bandali
2024-01-31 19:24 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <jwvr0hxtinl.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
2024-02-01 2:52 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <87ttmssxok.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-02-14 1:58 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <87eddfg61t.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-02-14 16:59 ` Philip Kaludercic
[not found] ` <87a5o3gexk.fsf@posteo.net>
2024-02-14 19:15 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <877cj6eu2t.fsf@neverwas.me>
2024-02-14 20:08 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <jwvmss2lsgn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
2024-02-14 20:54 ` J.P.
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