Subject: Re: bug#62751: 29.0.90; New libraries that still need to be assigned to packages

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 08:46:46 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> I installed the below patch on emacs-29 to take care of this part.
>>
>> diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt
>> index 505d3469d3c..5704e8e8922 100644
>> --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt
>> +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt
>> @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Steps to take before starting on the first pretest
>> in any release sequence:
>>      You can use 'gnupload --delete' (see below for more gnupload details).
>>      (We currently don't bother with this.)
>>
>> +4.  Check that all new Lisp libraries belong to sensible packages.
>> +    Run "make -C lisp finder-data" and check the diff of the generated
>> +    file against the previously released Emacs version to see what has
>> +    changed.
>> +
>
> This could benefit from some criteria for what is and isn't reasonable
> in these diffs, or what to do with the differences.  Because otherwise
> "check the diff" doesn't tell how to check it.

I didn't put anything, because I don't know how to summarize that in a
few short words.  Ideas for how to do that are welcome.