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ELPA: package system for Emacs
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Tom Tromey |
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ELPA: package system for Emacs |
Date: |
06 Apr 2007 12:52:23 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 |
Lately I've been working on package.el, a simple packaging system for
Emacs. It is work pretty well now, well enough that I'm looking
around for packages to upload.
I started going through ELL and the history of gnu-emacs-sources
(thanks gmane!), looking for lisp to upload. But I quickly realized,
this does not scale very well... both of these sources have outdated
code, ELL has some stale links, etc.
So, I am asking for package developers to mail me their Emacs Lisp
packages.
For a package that consists of a single self-contained file, it must:
* Strictly adhere to the Emacs Lisp comment guidelines.
package.el is pedantic about these. In particular I've seen many
packages whose first or last line is not properly formatted.
* Define a Version field in the header comments that is purely "dotted
numeric". If you really want to use $Id$ or something here, then
add a Package-Version field that is purely numeric.
* Properly use ";;;###autoload" comments (for best results anyhow).
For larger packages, please email me first so we can discuss the
situation... you will need to add a file.
If you want to learn more about ELPA, or want to try out package.el,
look here:
http://tromey.com/elpa/
thanks,
Tom
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