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Re: Source Files for (nonGNU) ELPA Packages
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Source Files for (nonGNU) ELPA Packages |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 05:23:55 -0400 |
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> Here's an example URL for the subed package on NonGNU ELPA:
>
> https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/subed-1.0.3.tar
>
> Would this link still work if 1.0.3 is no longer the latest version? It
> looks to me that the older versions are in the .tar.lz format, and I'd
> have to change the URL manually incase there is a new version.
No, it's only "stable" once it's not the latest any more.
But you can try with and without `.lz` to avoid this problem.
Or you can fetch from the Git repository (the tarball now contains the
Git revision hash in the `<pkg>-pkg.el` file).
Stefan