What to use after #'define-package is now obsolete?

What to use after #'define-package is now obsolete?

[Chen Zhaoyang]

Dear Friends,

It seems that #'define-package is now obsolete (or has been for a while,
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=ade7a212a882540178d9504e7e0bd3be3bf1fd41):

    (defun define-package ( _name-string _version-string
                            &optional _docstring _requirements
                            &rest _extra-properties)
      "[...]"
      (declare (obsolete nil "29.1") (indent defun))
      (error "Don't call me!"))

Does that mean from now on we just use the constructor
#'package-desc-create in `foobar-pkg.el' files?

-- 
Chen Zhaoyang <zc23@illinois.edu>

Re: What to use after #'define-package is now obsolete?

[Ruijie Yu via Emacs development discussions.]

Hi,

Chen Zhaoyang <chenzhauyang@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear Friends,
>
> It seems that #'define-package is now obsolete (or has been for a while,
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=ade7a212a882540178d9504e7e0bd3be3bf1fd41):
>
>     (defun define-package ( _name-string _version-string
>                             &optional _docstring _requirements
>                             &rest _extra-properties)
>       "[...]"
>       (declare (obsolete nil "29.1") (indent defun))
>       (error "Don't call me!"))
>
> Does that mean from now on we just use the constructor
> #'package-desc-create in `foobar-pkg.el' files?

Please find some discussion on this topic in this thread:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-03/msg00735.html.

-- 
Best,


RY

Re: What to use after #'define-package is now obsolete?

[Philip Kaludercic]

Chen Zhaoyang <chenzhauyang@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear Friends,
>
> It seems that #'define-package is now obsolete (or has been for a while,
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=ade7a212a882540178d9504e7e0bd3be3bf1fd41):
>
>     (defun define-package ( _name-string _version-string
>                             &optional _docstring _requirements
>                             &rest _extra-properties)
>       "[...]"
>       (declare (obsolete nil "29.1") (indent defun))
>       (error "Don't call me!"))
>
> Does that mean from now on we just use the constructor
> #'package-desc-create in `foobar-pkg.el' files?

What are you trying to do?  It might be that there are some
misconceptions to the point of the -pkg.el file.  In general, you don't
need to write these files yourself, as they are either generated by a
package archive or a package manager.

Re: What to use after #'define-package is now obsolete?

[Chen Zhaoyang]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> In general, you don't need to write these files yourself, as they are
> either generated by a package archive or a package manager.

I see. I thought such file (`-pkg.el') was to be hand-rolled.

-- 
Chen Zhaoyang <zc23@illinois.edu>