Re: [patch] automatic loading of package-get-base

Thursday, 15 October 1998


        Greg Klanderman <greg(a)alphatech.com&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
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>> Outstanding issues: 
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 I'd like to change the format of the package index file to

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   * be able to share the same format for updates as well as
     the entire database.
   * be more easily parseable from elisp, so i can avoid using
     `eval' on elisp gotten over ftp.  yes, it is pgp signed, 
      but still probably better to be as secure as possible.
     (guess Pete Ware got to me.. ;-) 
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 I propose a sequence of entries in the following format, with no
 setq or what have you wrapped around it 
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     (package-get-add-base-entry  ...
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     )) 
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 I'd add a function of that name, so these could easily be
evalled, 
 but I would use `read' and parse the sexp in the package-get.el
 code.  I would continue to have the header: 
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     ;; Package Index file -- Do not edit manually. 
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 and put markers between entries: 
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     ;;;＠＠＠ 
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 How's that sound? 
That's fine with me.  Do you wish this to happen immediately?

I'm going to release 21.2-beta3 this afternoon/evening along with a
handful of package updates for a full dose of new package UI testing.
Why don't you fix up the latest package-index on ftp.xemacs.org, drop
the modified copy in:
	ftp://altair.xemacs.org/incoming/

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