Re: [Orgmode] ELPA Howto

[Eric Schulte]

Jambunathan K <address@hidden> writes:

> I managed to create an elpa compatible tar for orgmode. Recording here
> what I did in the hope that it will be useful.
>
> Creating ELPA-compatible tar:
>
> 1. Add the enclosed changes to Makefile.
> 2. Create an ELPA-compatible tarfile with 
>    $ make TAG=20100930 elpa
> 3. Copy the generated org-20100930.tar to the package server
>

That's great,

and it looks like your Makefile patch even automates the process.  I'd
vote that this to be included into the core and that we begin supporting
an elpa-installable version of org-mode tracking the latest named
release.  If possible I think it'd be great to add a git post-commit
hook which could maintain a second elpa org-mode package tracking the
latest git HEAD, although I'm not sure if this is possible and it may
place overmuch burden on the repo.or.cz and the elpa servers.

>
> ELPA Server-side setup:
>

I think we can ignore the server-side setup, since that should be
handled by the elpa server at tromney or gnu.org.  Is this correct?

[...]

> An Observation:
>
> package.el generates an 'org-autoloads.el' as part of compilation and
> loads the same as part of activation. This means that autoloads such as
> 'org-agenda' gets served from the newly installed package while
> non-autoloads like 'org-overview' still point to the old installation.
>
> This means that a restart of Emacs is necessary for the new changes to
> take effect. I am not sure whether it is intended. But this behaviour
> could surprise the user.
>

Noted, perhaps the user could somehow be instructed to run org-reload as
part of the ELPA update process, although I believe even org-reload
leaves some items un-re-initialized.

Cheers -- Eric

>
> Jambunathan K.
>
> Attachments:
>
> X diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> X old mode 100644
> X new mode 100755
> X index 1c1f317..a84b62f
> X --- a/Makefile
> X +++ b/Makefile
> X @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ CP = cp -p
> X  # Name of the program to install info files
> X  INSTALL_INFO=install-info
> X  
> X +
> X +DOCSTRING = "Outline-based notes management and organizer"
> X +
> X  ##----------------------------------------------------------------------
> X  ##  BELOW THIS LINE ON YOUR OWN RISK!
> X  ##----------------------------------------------------------------------
> X @@ -325,6 +328,14 @@ distfile:
> X     zip -r org-$(TAG).zip org-$(TAG)
> X     gtar zcvf org-$(TAG).tar.gz org-$(TAG)
> X  
> X +elpa:      install-info
> X +   $(MKDIR) org-$(TAG)
> X +   cp -r $(LISPFILES0) org-$(TAG)/
> X +   cp $(infodir)/dir org-$(TAG)
> X +   cp $(INFOFILES) org-$(TAG)
> X +   echo "(define-package \"org\" \"$(TAG)\" \"$(DOCSTRING)\")" > 
> org-$(TAG)/org-pkg.el
> X +   tar cf org-$(TAG).tar org-$(TAG) --remove-files
> X +   
> X  makerelease:
> X     @if [ "X$(TAG)" = "X" ]; then echo "*** No tag ***"; exit 1; fi
> X     ${MAKE} distfile
> X 
>
> Jambunathan K.
>