Subject: bug#70120: notes-mode in elpa needs update to 1.31

From: Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:52:45 +0000

John Heidemann <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:32:32 -0000, Philip Kaludercic wrote: 
>>John Heidemann <[email-masked]> writes:
>>
>>> I just got mail from elpa about notes-mode
>>>
>>> https://urldefense.us/v2/url?u=https-3A__elpa.gnu.org_packages_notes-2Dmode.html&d=DwIBAg&c=qzHnJIRvjI6L-clJH8JwLQvf_Iq43fzikf6aoxZgMb8&r=GIjWal7KsyD6t96DlV1ZNA&m=cGCEjXxZBykr0MY3A1w3a7WWS_TViYCtOSwgIwjtmVVJSF971jEjUZwup4JzBqiE&s=ffh0Q7ybvr8WrpfZpy8dlyx2sHfmDPs0nnh14youafM&e=
>>>
>>> ELPA has version 1.30, but that version is missing changes rqeuired for
>>> emacs-26.1.  Please update the version in elpa to notes-mode-1.31
>>> found at
>>
>>It appears that the source code has been added to ELPA, but the version
>>header was not increased to indicate a release.  I can do that for you,
>>but while we are at it, would you be fine with me extending the
>>metadata?  Like adding your name and address as both maintainer and
>>author, and a URL?  I also see there is no commentary.
>>
>>> https://ant.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/NOTES_MODE/index.html
>>>
>>> (specifcally
>>> https://ant.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/NOTES_MODE/notes-mode-1.31.tar.gz
>>> )
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>    -John Heidemann
>
> I don't think I originally submitted it to ELPA.  Maybe someone
> submitted it on my behalf?
>
> I have no metadata for the package, only what I post to my website
> (linked above).
>
> I see the ELPA documentation is at
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/plain/README
>
> Is it that you want me to update the elpa-config file?

No, you don't have to do anything.  I am proposing to add these changes
to the mirror:

diff --git a/notes-mode.el b/notes-mode.el
index cbad3917d9..bdd1d506e1 100644
--- a/notes-mode.el
+++ b/notes-mode.el
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 ;;; notes-mode.el --- Indexing system for on-line note-taking
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1994-2007,2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1994-2007,2012,2024  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-;; Author: <[email-masked]>.
-;; Version: 1.30
+;; Author: John Heidemann <[email-masked]>
+;; Maintainer: John Heidemann <[email-masked]>
+;; URL: https://ant.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/NOTES_MODE/
+;; Version: 1.31
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -22,7 +24,11 @@

 ;;; Commentary:
-;;
+
+;; Notes-mode is an indexing system for on-line note-taking.
+;; Notes-mode is composed of two parts, the visible part, a major-mode
+;; for Emacs to aid note-taking; and the invisible part, scripts which
+;; periodically index your notes for you.
 
 ;;; Code:

Would you be fine with that? 

>    -John

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	Philip Kaludercic on peregrine