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NOTES ON THE EMACS PACKAGE ARCHIVE
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The GNU Emacs package archive, at elpa.gnu.org, is managed using a Bzr
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branch named "elpa", hosted on Savannah. To check it out:
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bzr branch bzr+ssh://USER@bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa elpa
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cd elpa
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echo "public_branch = bzr+ssh://USER@bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa" >> .bzr/branch/branch.conf
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bzr bind bzr+ssh://USERNAME@bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/elpa
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[create task branch for edits, etc.]
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Changes to this branch propagate to elpa.gnu.org in a semi-manual way.
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There exists a copy of the elpa branch on that machine. Someone with
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access logs in, pulls the latest changes from Savannah, and runs a
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"deployment" script. This script (which is itself kept in the Bzr
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branch) generates the content visible at http://elpa.gnu.org/packages.
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The reason we set things up this way, instead of using the package
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upload commands in package-x.el, is to let Emacs hackers conveniently
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edit the contents of the "elpa" branch. (In particular, multi-file
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packages are stored on the branch in source form, not as tarfiles.)
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It is easy to use the elpa branch to deploy a "local" copy of the
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package archive. For details, see the README file in the elpa branch.
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