DebConf15 meeting
Monday
- intro'd dh-elpa
- talked about package.el
- keep old emacsen-common infrastructure for now
- second helper for creating packages
- upgrades to dh-elpa
- dependency handling
- default if no elpa file
- handling info
Tuesday
- can upstream emacs help with byte compiling addons:
- maybe, if we write the code
- replace use of /etc/emacs$(flavour)/site-start.d for
- elpa packages with patches that check flavour
- updating policy for elpa-styles
- streamline policy / helpers for old style packages
- transitition plan? eventual complete elimination of
- /etc/emacs/site-start.d ?
Thursday
- discovered and fixed a bug in dh-elpa
- talked through the structure of example
- we noticed dash-el not being in elpa is problematic for users
- installing packages from elpa
- on the other hand, depending on non-elpa packages from elpa pacages
- is possible, if not ideal
