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

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 76194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76194: Obsoleting package-x.el
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:30:47 -0800

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

> 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.

Thanks.

> Should we move the file to elpa.git?

If you think it's worth the effort then feel free.

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