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31.0.50; Support images in HTML versions of ELPA package manuals

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 73425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, me <at> eshelyaron.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#73425: 31.0.50; Support images in HTML versions of ELPA package manuals
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:02:45 -0700

Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Yes.  My suggestion is to allow listing additional non-.texi/.org files
> under :doc that would be copied out to the web server.  So in Eshel's
> case, we could update the specification to be
>
>  (kubed			:url "https://git.sr.ht/~eshel/kubed"
>   :doc ("kubed.texi" "images/"))
>
> and the HTTP server could host all files under images/.

That has a significant drawback: when package maintainers want to add a
new image, they have to patch the (Non-)GNU ELPA package listing.

It would be better to keep that information it in the package itself
somehow, like we do with .elpaignore.  Or we could just copy all image
files automatically.

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