GNU bug report logs - #55388
28.1; New libraries that neither belong to a package nor provide a feature

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>

Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 18:36:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 28.1

Fixed in version 29.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 55388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#55388: 28.1; New libraries that neither belong to a package nor provide a feature
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 10:58:58 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Hmm... smie.el, syntax.el, and tabulated-list.el do `provide`
> themselves, AFAICT.  Indeed it seems to be missing from `testcover.el`.

Yup.  I've now added one.

>> Should they have such a header as well?
> [...]
>> It seems like it's not consistent.  What do we use such a header for?
>
> IIRC the question is whether we want to present these files as "a
> package" or as "a file part of some other package" in things like
> the finder.

So somebody should go through all the files that lack a package: and see
if they feel it belongs in some package?

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