; Prepare to update ERC version to 5.5

* doc/misc/erc.texi: Mention in various places that ERC is also
available from GNU ELPA.
* etc/ERC-NEWS: Mention Compat dependency and shorten title for
auth-source section.
* lisp/erc/erc-backend.el: (erc-server-reconnect-function,
erc-tags-format): Update package version to 5.5.
(erc--parse-message-tags): Downcase warning "type" to remain
consistent with all other ERC warnings.
* lisp/erc/erc-button.el: (erc-button-alist): Change package-version
to 5.5.
* lisp/erc/erc-match.el (erc-match-quote-when-adding): Update package
version to 5.5.
* lisp/erc/erc-sasl.el: Mention actual info node in Commentary.
(erc-sasl): Update package version to 5.5.
(erc-sasl-password): Reword doc string.
(erc-sasl-auth-source-function): Capitalize "info" in doc string.
* lisp/erc/erc-services.el (erc-auth-source-services-function): Update
package version to 5.5.  Capitalize "info" in doc string.  Change
choice type from const to function-item.
* lisp/erc/erc.el (erc-password): Capitalize "info" in doc string.
(erc-inhibit-multiline-input, erc-ask-about-multiline-input,
erc-prompt-hidden, erc-hide-prompt, erc-unhide-query-prompt,
erc-join-buffer, erc-reconnect-display, erc-kill-server-hook,
erc-kill-channel-hook, erc-kill-buffer-hook,
erc-url-connect-function): Update package version to 5.5.
(erc-auth-source-server-function, erc-auth-source-join-function):
Update package version to 5.5.  Change choice type from const to
function-item.  Capitalize "info" in doc string.
(erc-tls): Capitalize "info" in doc string.

doc/misc/erc.texi

@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ Advanced Usage
 @chapter Introduction
 
 ERC is a powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs.
-It is distributed with Emacs since version 22.1.
+It has been included in Emacs since 2006 (@pxref{History}) and is also
+available on GNU ELPA.
 
 IRC is short for Internet Relay Chat.  When using IRC, you can
 communicate with other users on the same IRC network.  There are many
@@ -1463,6 +1464,7 @@ or if you have bugs to report, there are several places you can go.
 @item
 @uref{https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ERC} is the
 emacswiki.org page for ERC@.  Anyone may add tips, hints, etc.@: to it.
+If you do so, please help keep it up to date.
 
 @item
 You can ask questions about using ERC on the Emacs mailing list,
@@ -1471,7 +1473,13 @@ You can ask questions about using ERC on the Emacs mailing list,
 @item
 You can visit the IRC Libera.Chat channel @samp{#emacs}.  Many of the
 contributors are frequently around and willing to answer your
-questions.
+questions.  You can also try the relatively quiet @samp{#erc}, on the
+same network, for more involved questions.
+
+@item
+You can check GNU ELPA between Emacs releases to see if a newer
+version is available that might contain a fix for your issue:
+@uref{https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/erc.html}.
 
 @item
 To report a bug in ERC, use @kbd{M-x erc-bug}.

etc/ERC-NEWS

@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ From now on, only the most essential operations will be officially
 supported in its absence, and users will see a warning upon
 entry-point invocation when it's not present.
 
-** Tighter auth-source integration with bigger changes on the horizon.
+** Tighter auth-source integration.
 The days of hit-and-miss auth-source queries are hopefully behind us.
 With the overhaul of the services module temporarily shelved and the
 transition to SASL-based authentication still underway, users may feel
 left in the lurch to endure yet another release cycle of backtick
 hell.  For some, auth-source may provide a workaround in the form of
-nonstandard server passwords.  See the section titled "auth-source" in
-the Integrations chapter of ERC's manual.
+nonstandard server passwords.  See the section entitled "auth-source"
+in the Integrations chapter of ERC's manual.
 
 ** Rudimentary SASL support has arrived.
-A new module, 'erc-sasl', now ships with ERC 5.5.  See the SASL
-section in the manual for details.
+A new module, 'erc-sasl', now ships with ERC.  See Info node "(erc)
+SASL" in the manual for details.
 
 ** Username argument for entry-point commands.
 Commands 'erc' and 'erc-tls' now accept a ':user' keyword argument,
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ off by default, new users are encouraged to enable them.
 Clicking on 'irc://' and 'ircs://' links elsewhere in Emacs now does
 the right thing most of the time.  However, for security reasons,
 users are now prompted to confirm connection parameters prior to lift
-off.  See the new '(erc) Integrations' section in the Info manual to
-override this.
+off.  See the new '(erc) Integrations' section in the Info manual for
+details.
 
 ** Miscellaneous behavioral changes impacting the user experience.
 A bug has been fixed that saw prompts being mangled, doubled, or
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ file called erc-common.el.  This was done to further lessen the
 various complications arising from the mutual dependency between 'erc'
 and 'erc-backend'.
 
+ERC now relies on the Compat library from GNU ELPA to supply forward
+compatibility shims for users running older versions of Emacs.  The
+required Compat version resides atop ERC's main library file, in the
+'Package-Requires' header.  Third-party ERC modules will benefit
+automatically from this adoption.
+
 The function 'erc-network' always returns non-nil in server and target
 buffers belonging to a successfully established IRC connection, even
 after that connection has been closed.  (Also see the note in the

lisp/erc/erc-backend.el

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ Called with a server buffer as its only argument.  Potential uses
 include exponential backoff and probing for connectivity prior to
 dialing.  Use `erc-schedule-reconnect' to instead try again later
 and optionally alter the attempts tally."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME on next release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :type '(choice (function-item erc-server-delayed-reconnect)
                  function))
 
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ Note that future bundled modules providing IRCv3 functionality
 will not be compatible with the legacy format.  User code should
 eventually transition to expecting this \"5.5+ variant\" and set
 this option to nil."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment on next release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :type '(choice (const nil)
                  (const legacy)
                  (const overridable)))
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ instead, leave them as a single string."
                 (get 'erc-parse-tags 'erc-v3-warned-p))
       (put 'erc-parse-tags 'erc-v3-warned-p t)
       (display-warning
-       'ERC
+       'erc
        (concat
         "Legacy ERC tags behavior is currently in effect, but other modules,"
         " including those bundled with ERC, may override this in future"

lisp/erc/erc-button.el

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ PAR is a number of a regexp grouping whose text will be passed to
   CALLBACK.  There can be several PAR arguments.  If REGEXP is
   `nicknames', these are ignored, and CALLBACK will be called with
   the nickname matched as the argument."
-  :version "29.1"
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :type '(repeat
           (list :tag "Button"
                 (choice :tag "Matches"

lisp/erc/erc-match.el

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ server and other miscellaneous functions."
   "Whether to `regexp-quote' when adding to a match list interactively.
 When the value is a boolean, the opposite behavior will be made
 available via universal argument."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment on next release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :type '(choice (const ask)
                  (const t)
                  (const nil)))

lisp/erc/erc-sasl.el

@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 ;;
 ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/erc-discuss/2012-02/msg00001.html
 ;;
-;; See options and Info manual for usage.
+;; See M-x customize-group RET erc-sasl RET and (info "(erc) SASL")
+;; for usage.
 ;;
 ;; TODO:
 ;;
-;; - Find a way to obfuscate the password in memory (via something
-;;   like `auth-source--obfuscate'); it's currently visible in
-;;   backtraces.
+;; - Obfuscate non-auth-source passwords in memory.  They're currently
+;;   visible in backtraces.
 ;;
 ;; - Implement a proxy mechanism that chooses the strongest available
 ;;   mechanism for you.  Requires CAP 3.2 (see bug#49860).
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 (defgroup erc-sasl nil
   "SASL for ERC."
   :group 'erc
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1")) ; FIXME increment on next release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5"))
 
 (defcustom erc-sasl-mechanism 'plain
   "SASL mechanism to connect with.
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ commands, `erc' and `erc-tls'."
 
 (defcustom erc-sasl-password :password
   "Optional account password to send when authenticating.
-When `erc-sasl-auth-source-function' is a function, ERC will
-attempt an auth-source query and prompt for input if it fails.
-Otherwise, when the value is a nonempty string, ERC will use it
-unconditionally for most mechanisms.  Likewise with `:password',
-except ERC will instead use the \"session password\" on file, if
-any, which often originates from the entry-point commands `erc'
-or `erc-tls'.  As with auth-source, ERC will prompt for input as
-a fallback.
+When `erc-sasl-auth-source-function' is a function, ERC attempts
+an auth-source query and prompts for input if it fails.
+Otherwise, when the value of this option is a nonempty string,
+ERC uses it unconditionally for most mechanisms.  Likewise with a
+value of `:password', except ERC instead uses the \"session
+password\" on file, if any, which often originates from the
+entry-point commands `erc' or `erc-tls'.  As with auth-source,
+ERC prompts for input as a fallback.
 
-Note that, with `:password', ERC will forgo sending a traditional
+Note that, with `:password', ERC forgoes sending a traditional
 server password via the IRC \"PASS\" command.  Also, when
-`erc-sasl-mechanism' is set to `ecdsa-nist256p-challenge', this
-option should hold the file name of the key."
+`erc-sasl-mechanism' is set to `ecdsa-nist256p-challenge', ERC
+expects this option to hold the file name of the key."
   :type '(choice (const nil) (const :password) string symbol))
 
 (defcustom erc-sasl-auth-source-function nil
@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ though ERC itself only specifies `:user' paired with a
 ERC binds all options defined in this library, such as
 `erc-sasl-password', to their values from entry-point invocation.
 In return, ERC expects a string to send as the SASL password, or
-nil, in which case, ERC will prompt the for input.  See info
-node `(erc) auth-source' for details on ERC's auth-source
-integration."
+nil, in which case, ERC prompts for input.  See Info node `(erc)
+auth-source' for details on ERC's auth-source integration."
   :type '(choice (function-item erc-sasl-auth-source-password-as-host)
                  (function-item erc-auth-source-search)
                  (const nil)

lisp/erc/erc-services.el

@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ Called with a subset of keyword parameters known to
 `auth-source-search' and relevant to authenticating to nickname
 services.  In return, ERC expects a string to send as the
 password, or nil, to fall through to the next method, such as
-prompting.  See info node `(erc) auth-source' for details."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME update when publishing to ELPA
-  :type '(choice (const erc-auth-source-search)
+prompting.  See Info node `(erc) auth-source' for details."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
+  :type '(choice (function-item erc-auth-source-search)
                  (const nil)
                  function))
 

lisp/erc/erc.el

@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ parameters and authentication."
 
 This variable only exists for legacy reasons.  It's not customizable and
 is limited to a single server password.  Users looking for similar
-functionality should consider auth-source instead.  See info
-node `(auth) Top' and info node `(erc) auth-source'.")
+functionality should consider auth-source instead.  See Info
+node `(auth) Top' and Info node `(erc) auth-source'.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable 'erc-password "use auth-source instead" "29.1")
 
@@ -250,19 +250,19 @@ node `(auth) Top' and info node `(erc) auth-source'.")
 Issue an error when the number of input lines submitted for
 sending exceeds this value.  The value t means disallow more
 than 1 line of input."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME match to next release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc
   :type '(choice integer boolean))
 
 (defcustom erc-ask-about-multiline-input nil
   "Whether to ask to ignore `erc-inhibit-multiline-input' when tripped."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME match to next release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc
   :type 'boolean)
 
 (defcustom erc-prompt-hidden ">"
   "Text to show in lieu of the prompt when hidden."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment on next ELPA release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-display
   :type 'string)
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ To unhide, type something in the input area.  Once revealed, a
 prompt remains unhidden until the next disconnection.  Channel
 prompts are unhidden upon rejoining.  See
 `erc-unhide-query-prompt' for behavior concerning query prompts."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment on next ELPA release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-display
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Always hide prompt" t)
                  (set (const server)
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ prompts are unhidden upon rejoining.  See
 Otherwise, prompts in a connection's query buffers remain hidden
 until the user types in the input area or a new message arrives
 from the target."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment on next ELPA release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-display
   ;; Extensions may one day offer a way to discover whether a target
   ;; is online.  When that happens, this can be expanded accordingly.
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ The available choices are:
   `bury'            - bury it in a new buffer,
   `buffer'          - in place of the current buffer,
   any other value  - in place of the current buffer."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment upon publishing to ELPA
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-buffers
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Split window and select" window)
                  (const :tag "Split window, don't select" window-noselect)
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ This only affects automatic reconnections and is ignored when
 issuing a /reconnect command or reinvoking `erc-tls' with the
 same args (assuming success, of course).  See `erc-join-buffer'
 for a description of possible values."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment upon publishing to ELPA
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-buffers
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Use value of `erc-join-buffer'" nil)
                  (const :tag "Split window and select" window)
@@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@ Example usage:
 
 When present, ID should be a symbol or a string to use for naming
 the server buffer and identifying the connection unequivocally.
-See info node `(erc) Network Identifier' for details.  Like USER
+See Info node `(erc) Network Identifier' for details.  Like USER
 and CLIENT-CERTIFICATE, this parameter cannot be specified
 interactively."
   (interactive (let ((erc-default-port erc-default-port-tls))
@@ -3258,10 +3258,10 @@ if any.  In return, ERC expects a string to send as the server
 password, or nil, to skip the \"PASS\" command completely.  An
 explicit `:password' argument to entry-point commands `erc' and
 `erc-tls' also inhibits lookup, as does setting this option to
-nil.  See info node `(erc) auth-source' for details."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME update when publishing to ELPA
+nil.  See Info node `(erc) auth-source' for details."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc
-  :type '(choice (const erc-auth-source-search)
+  :type '(choice (function-item erc-auth-source-search)
                  (const nil)
                  function))
 
@@ -3272,11 +3272,11 @@ Called with a subset of keyword arguments known to
 channel.  In return, ERC expects a string to use as the channel
 \"key\", or nil to just join the channel normally.  Setting the
 option itself to nil tells ERC to always forgo consulting
-auth-source for channel keys.  For more information, see info
+auth-source for channel keys.  For more information, see Info
 node `(erc) auth-source'."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME update when publishing to ELPA
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc
-  :type '(choice (const erc-auth-source-search)
+  :type '(choice (function-item erc-auth-source-search)
                  (const nil)
                  function))
 
@@ -6837,8 +6837,8 @@ shortened server name instead."
 
 ;; erc-goodies is required at end of this file.
 
-;; FIXME when 29.1 is cut and `format-spec' is added to ELPA Compat,
-;; remove the function invocations from the spec form below.
+;; TODO when ERC drops Emacs 28, replace the expressions in the format
+;; spec below with functions.
 (defun erc-update-mode-line-buffer (buffer)
   "Update the mode line in a single ERC buffer BUFFER."
   (with-current-buffer buffer
@@ -7213,7 +7213,7 @@ See also `format-spec'."
 (defcustom erc-kill-server-hook '(erc-kill-server
                                   erc-networks-shrink-ids-and-buffer-names)
   "Invoked whenever a live server buffer is killed via `kill-buffer'."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment upon publishing to ELPA
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-hooks
   :type 'hook)
 
@@ -7222,7 +7222,7 @@ See also `format-spec'."
     erc-networks-shrink-ids-and-buffer-names
     erc-networks-rename-surviving-target-buffer)
   "Invoked whenever a channel-buffer is killed via `kill-buffer'."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment upon publishing to ELPA
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-hooks
   :type 'hook)
 
@@ -7232,7 +7232,7 @@ See also `format-spec'."
   "Hook run whenever a query buffer is killed.
 
 See also `kill-buffer'."
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment upon publishing to ELPA
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :group 'erc-hooks
   :type 'hook)
 
@@ -7311,7 +7311,7 @@ Called with a string meant to represent a URL scheme, like
 \"ircs\", followed by any number of keyword arguments recognized
 by `erc' and `erc-tls'."
   :group 'erc
-  :package-version '(ERC . "5.4.1") ; FIXME increment on release
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
   :type '(choice (const nil) function))
 
 (defun erc--url-default-connect-function (scheme &rest plist)