Re: Drop tarball releases and go ELPA only

[Ikumi Keita]

Hi Arash,

>>>>> Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:
> Yes, indeed, but IIRC we needed something like that also with the old
> installation method.

I see.

>> Maybe we should in GNUmakefile cater for only Emacs>=29 and simplify
>> AUTOLOAD:
>> ,----
>> | # If we were depending on emacs 29.1, we could simply use
>> | # loaddefs-generate.  If we were depending on 28.1, we could still use
>> | # update-directory-autoloads...
>> | AUTOLOAD=--eval '\
>> | (let* ((autoload-file (expand-file-name "$@")) \
>> |        (autoload-file-dir (file-name-directory autoload-file))) \
>> |   (if (fboundp `loaddefs-generate) \
>> |       (loaddefs-generate autoload-file-dir autoload-file \
>> |                          (list "tex-wizard.el") \
>> |                          "(add-to-list `load-path\n\
>> |                                        (directory-file-name\n\
>> |                                          (file-name-directory 
>> load-file-name)))")\
>> |     (mapc (lambda (file) \
>> |             (update-file-autoloads file nil autoload-file)) \
>> |           command-line-args-left)) \
>> |   (save-buffers-kill-emacs t))'
>> `----

> Maybe I'm missing the point, but which change do you have on your mind
> in order to fix the issue mentioned above?

On second thought, I came to think that we should retain compatibility
for Emacs<29. Otherwise it would be difficult to check whether the
future ELPA release has the compatibility or not.

So how about one like this?
(let* ((autoload-file (expand-file-name "$@")) \
       (autoload-file-dir (file-name-directory autoload-file)) \
       (addition-text "(add-to-list (quote load-path)\n\
                                       (directory-file-name\n\
                                         (file-name-directory load-file-name)))"
)) \
  (if (fboundp `loaddefs-generate) \
      (loaddefs-generate autoload-file-dir autoload-file \
                         (list "tex-wizard.el") \
                         addition-text)\
    (mapc (lambda (file) \
            (update-file-autoloads file nil autoload-file)) \
          command-line-args-left) \
    (write-region addition-text nil autoload-file t)) \
  (save-buffers-kill-emacs t))'

(I haven't tested it yet.)

Additionally, we can include auctex.el and lpath.el in the excluded
file list.

Regards,
Ikumi Keita
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