GNU bug report logs - #76194
Obsoleting package-x.el

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Message #11 received at 76194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 76194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#76194: Obsoleting package-x.el
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:27:43 +0000

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I think we should obsolete package-x.el, which contains largely
>> unmaintained code to keep an ELPA package archive.  This is undocumented
>> since 2019, lacking (e.g. doesn't support signed packages), and is
>> hardly used by anyone.  For example, MELPA and GNU ELPA have their own
>> scripts for this.
>>
>> If there is any interest in it, I'd suggest that interested parties
>> should pick it up and continue its development on GNU ELPA instead.
>
> +1

+1 from me as well.  Should we move the file to elpa.git?

>
>         Stefan

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