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30.0.91; Should test files be included in GNU ELPA tarballs?

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Lin Jian <me <at> linj.tech>
Subject: bug#73808: closed (Re: bug#73808: 30.0.91; Should test files be
 included in GNU ELPA tarballs?)
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:13:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#73808: 30.0.91; Should test files be included in GNU ELPA tarballs?

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

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 73808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Lin Jian <me <at> linj.tech>
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 73808-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73808: 30.0.91;
 Should test files be included in GNU ELPA tarballs?
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:03:30 +0000

Lin Jian <me <at> linj.tech> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> The below text has been added in Emacs 30 to
>> (info "(elisp) Multi-file Packages")
>
> That's great.  Thanks for the info.
>
> Feel free to close this ELPA bug.

Thanks, I'm closing the bug with this message.

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From: Lin Jian <me <at> linj.tech>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net
Subject: 30.0.91; Should test files be included in GNU ELPA tarballs?
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 04:54:29 +0800

Some GNU ELPA packages include test files in their tarballs, such as
triples[1].  Test files may have extra dependencies.  For example,
triples-test.el[2] requires kv.  When installing package tarballs, those
extra dependencies cause compilation errors, which causes package build
failures in our NixOS CI.

Given that users probably do not need those test files, I think it is a
good idea to exclude them from tarballs.  MELPA does that by default[3].

WDYT?

[1]: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/triples.html
[2]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/tree/triples-test.el?h=externals/triples&id=cf7f9c8dd77e47a1c32e0d0026df86a0eac4e2a5#n30
[3]: https://github.com/melpa/melpa?tab=readme-ov-file#recipe-format

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