Re: [ELPA] New package: calibre.el

[Philip Kaludercic]

Kjartan Óli Águstsson <kjartanoli@outlook.com> writes:

>>> This is my first attempt at writing an Emacs package, so I expect to
>>> have gotten many things wrong.  As such I would welcome reviews from
>>> people who know more about Elisp packaging.
>>
>> The first thing to note is that you don't need a -pkg.el file.  ELPA
>> will generate one for you using the metadata in the main file and
>> overwrite whatever you have written.
>
> Another good to know.  I remember reading that somewhere, but then I
> looked at some other packages that seemed to maintain a -pkg.el file.

It is a common mistake or a MELPA-ism I don't know about ^^.

> As for the usage of eieio, is there a reason not to use it?

If you just need a structure then cl-defstruct should be a less-heavy
solution.