GNU bug report logs - #65027
30.0.50; [PATCH] Document .elpaignore behavior in the Emacs Lisp manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 04:57:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 30.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, philipk <at> posteo.net, 65027 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65027: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Document .elpaignore behavior in the Emacs Lisp manual
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:21:44 -0400

> Maybe it would make sense to put all the documentation in the Emacs Lisp
> manual, and then the GNU ELPA README can be the home for documentation about
> how to work with the GNU ELPA repository specifically (mainly as an
> administrator).

FWIW, that's how it started.  It's just that some of the conventions
originally used only in (Non)GNU ELPA have now made their way into
`package.el`.

> What do you think?

Any help cleaning this up is welcome.


        Stefan
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