Re: [elpa] externals/auctex f124fe7d28: Release GNU AUCTeX 14.0.3

[Philip Kaludercic]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>>> Because back then, `elpa.gnu.org` was not able to generate them.
>>>> Nowadays, we could use
>>>>
>>>>     :doc "doc/auctex.texi"
>>>>
>>>> in the spec instead.
>>>
>>> Can :doc be a list?  Because there's also preview-latex.texi.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> Does that mean the ELPA devel package could be built from our master
>>> branch always reflecting that and the normal package, too, after version
>>> bumps?
>>
>> Almost.
>>
>>> Well, at least in theory after adding a Version header and somehow
>>> setting the version when generating auctex.el from auctex.el.in?
>>
>> That's right: we still need the `auctex.el` file to be in Git and to
>> contain the `Version:` thingy.
>
> Another idea might be to have a separate :main-file for versioning, if
> there is an advantage in building auctex.el while preparing the package.

Never mind this, I missed Stefan's message.

>>
>>         Stefan

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> Well, at least in theory after adding a Version header and somehow
>>> setting the version when generating auctex.el from auctex.el.in?
>>
>> That's right: we still need the `auctex.el` file to be in Git and to
>> contain the `Version:` thingy.
>
> Tho, it could actually be another file (e.g. for Tramp we have
> `:main-file "trampver.el"`).

>
>         Stefan