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

Jan> Jan> greg(a)alphatech.com (Greg Klanderman) writes: Jan> I like it!. Especially that I am able to continue without the thing Jan> being signed! thanks! I'd like to change the format of the package index file to * 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.. ;-) I propose a sequence of entries in the following format, with no setq or what have you wrapped around it (package-get-add-base-entry 'zenirc '(standards-version 1.0 version "1.04" author-version "2.112" date "1998-08-15" build-date "1998-10-12" maintainer "XEmacs Development Team <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt;&quot; distribution stable priority medium category "comm" dump nil description "ZENIRC IRC Client." filename "zenirc-1.04-pkg.tar.gz" md5sum "96d9e09c41de5c19d8aa092ad544ad6d" size 276116 provides (zenirc) requires (zenirc) type regular )) 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: ;; Package Index file -- Do not edit manually. and put markers between entries: ;;;＠＠＠ How's that sound?