Subject: Re: bug#19223: 24.4; ELPA suggest description in gnu-emacs-sources messages

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:07:46 +0200

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Yes, that would be good.  Does anybody know what generates those
>> messages?
>
> Here's a likely suspect:
>
> ./admin/update-archive.sh:142:Version $ver of GNU ELPA package $pkg
> has just been released.

Yes, that seems like a very likely suspect.  Looking at the code, it
shouldn't be too difficult to add a summary line...  but I'd rather not
mess with that script, since I have no way of testing.

Perhaps Stefan M. has some input here?  The suggestion is:

> As a suggestion, it'd be good if the messages to gnu-emacs-sources for
> new gnu elpa packages included the package description -- just the one
> line description from the first line of the .el file.

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