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Re: elpa-deploy.el --- ELPA deployment library
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: elpa-deploy.el --- ELPA deployment library |
Date: |
Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:11:56 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Please, find attached ‘elpa-deploy.el’. Quoting from its commentary
> section:
>
> This library provides ‘elpa-deploy’: a function which automatizes
> the deployment of simple and multi-file packages. This consists of
> updating the version field of a package source using the current
> timestamp, generating its tar archive if multi-file, and uploading
> the results to a specified ELPA directory, while deleting any
> previous version of the same package already deployed.
[ Not sure what is an "ELPA directory". ]
It sounds related to what package-x.el aimed to do.
> Please, let me know about desirable improvements and whether this is
> suitable for inclusion in the standard distribution. I’m also
> interested to know about alternative approaches.
I'd welcome it in GNU ELPA. Even better if it can be made to provide
a superset of package-x.el (so we can mark it as obsolete).
I don't see a clear need to have it bundled with Emacs, OTOH.
Stefan