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24.4; ELPA suggest description in gnu-emacs-sources messages

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 19223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19223: 24.4; ELPA suggest description in gnu-emacs-sources messages
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:07:46 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> 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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