Re: RFC: Adding BBDB to Emacs core

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Of course, but that doesn't mean there needs to be several different
>> supported versions of the package.  It just means you drop support for
>> old versions, as is the case in all packages.  Nothing new here: no need
>> for different branches in elpa.git to go along with branches in
>> emacs.git just because of that.
> If we support old versions, checkpointed at a particular time in
> history, then would end up supporting tags.

No, the way I see it working is that the `archive-contents` file would
simply list all packages that are still present in the archive, rather
than only the latest.  I.e. the Git side would be unaffected, only the
ELPA side.


        Stefan