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

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#76194: Obsoleting package-x.el
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:13:01 +0000

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

Should be done:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/log/?h=externals/package-x
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/commit/?id=c74b93d920416d806190fde813b5452e1ae66d0f

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