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

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Message #41 received at 65027 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st>, rms <at> gnu.org, info <at> protesilaos.com
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, eliz <at> gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 65027 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65027: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Document .elpaignore behavior in the
 Emacs Lisp manual
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 23:03:39 -0700

On 8/4/2023 7:36 PM, Corwin Brust wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 8:58 PM Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>> I think there is no need for this material to be in the Emacs Lisp
>> Reference Manual.  So I suggest making a separate short manual about
>> adding a package to GNU ELPA.  The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual can
>> direct people to it.
> 
> My/our suggestion is to create a new manual ("ELPA: the missing
> manual") that should be provided with Emacs releases, with the current
> version available online via gnu.org.

That makes sense to me. I'd be happy to help contribute to this new 
manual if others have interest in helping to share the load.

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