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30.0.50; [PATCH] Document .elpaignore behavior in the Emacs Lisp manual

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#65027: closed (Re: bug#65027: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Document
 .elpaignore behavior in the Emacs Lisp manual)
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:49:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#65027: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Document .elpaignore behavior in the Emacs Lisp manual

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Protesilaos Stavrou <prot <at> protesilaos.com>
Cc: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>, philipk <at> posteo.net,
 65027-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, corwin <at> bru.st,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#65027: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Document .elpaignore behavior in the
 Emacs Lisp manual
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:48:52 +0000

Protesilaos Stavrou <prot <at> protesilaos.com> writes:

> On 2025-02-13 10:05, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Sorry for the delay!  I read the entire thread.  I am willing to
>>>> contribute towards the creation of a new manual.  As Stefan Monnier
>>>> noted earlier,[1] I think it is better to have it be about "Emacs
>>>> packages" with relevant subsections for where those are stored and
>>>> how
>>>> they can be installed.
>>>>
>>>> How do we start?  Perhaps someone can produce a draft to get things
>>>> going?  I am happy to volunteer towards that end.
>>>
>>> Sounds like a plan.  Thanks for working on this.
>>>
>>>> Should this be in .texi or can we do it in .org format?
>>>
>>> We generally prefer .texi, but either way is fine for a first draft.
>>> It's not crucial at this stage, and we can always convert it to
>>> another
>>> format later.  The biggest work is in writing it.
>>
>> Protesilaos, did you make any progress here?
>
> No, I did not do anything. This was last year and I started dealing with
> RSI shortly afterwards. Things are better now, but I cannot make the
> commitment
> anymore.

I hope that you will start to feel better.

For now, I see that the proposed patch in this bug report has been
handled, so I'm closing this bug.  If anyone else wants to step forward
to write a packaging manual, please do, and thanks in advance.

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Document .elpaignore behavior in the Emacs Lisp
 manual
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 21:56:38 -0700

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X-Debbugs-Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net

From the discussion in bug#64985, Eli mentioned that .elpaignore wasn't 
documented. (It turns out it's mentioned briefly in the GNU ELPA README, 
but that's the only place I could find.) Here's a small patch to 
document this in the Package section of the Emacs Lisp manual.

This is just a first pass at documenting this feature, so I'm happy to 
add further details if anyone thinks it's warranted.

[0001-doc-lispref-package.texi-Multi-file-Packages-Documen.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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