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Re: elpa.gnu.org policy
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Lluís |
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Re: elpa.gnu.org policy |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:01:14 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Ted Zlatanov writes:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:40:39 +0100 Julien Danjou <address@hidden> wrote:
JD> - Who will assure there's no regression for Emacs 24.1 user when people
JD> will starts uploading packages using 24.2 only function?
JD> - Who will assure there's no regression at all?
[...]
> Maybe elpa.gnu.org should publish a repository for each Emacs release,
> enabled by default in that release:
> All 24.x releases:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages-24
> 24.1 only:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages-24.1
> 24.2 only:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages-24.2
> ...
> All releases:
> elpa.gnu.org/packages
But package.el supports version dependencies, right? Then package
developers should set that accordingly (both lower and upper version
bounds, if necessary).
Using version-specific repositories requires just that same work of
checking compatibility.
Lluis
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- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, (continued)
- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/16
- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/16
- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, Tom Tromey, 2010/11/16
- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/16
- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, Ted Zlatanov, 2010/11/16
- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/16
- Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2010/11/16
- Re: ELPA policy, Edward O'Connor, 2010/11/15
Re: ELPA policy, Glenn Morris, 2010/11/15
elpa.gnu.org policy (was: ELPA policy), Ted Zlatanov, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy,
Lluís <=
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Ted Zlatanov, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Chong Yidong, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Tom Tromey, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Chong Yidong, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Glenn Morris, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/16
- compat unification (was: elpa.gnu.org policy), Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/16
- Re: compat unification, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/16