Re: decision on moving core packages to ELPA; also move to obsolete?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
> Cc: daniele@grinta.net,  Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:53:38 -0800
> 
> >> > If so, what happens with installed Lisp files under /usr/share/ ?
> >
> > They stay there, but ~/.emacs.d/elpa is earlier in load-path.
> 
> And also, once bundling ELPA packages in the tarball works, the package
> can be removed from Emacs core, simplifying the pakcage maintenance
> process.

So please describe how you envision the process of building a release
tarball under this assumption.  E.g., how do I know which version of
package A I want to bundle is stable enough to go to a bugfix elease
of Emacs?