Subject: Re: bug#32544: [ELPA] core packages need generated files
From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
To: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:20:18 -0500
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

>> An ELPA core package consist of files contained in the Emacs
>> repository.  Sometimes, this is not sufficient: generated files like
>> "package-name".info or "dir" might also be required.  It should be
>> possible to add them.
> Note that this same need exists for non-core packages.

This is now supported in elpa.gnu.org (via `:doc` and `:make`
properties in the `elpa-packages` specification).

        Stefan