Re: GNU ELPA package proposal: visual-fill-column

[Stefan Monnier]

Stefan Kangas [2021-10-26 17:17:16] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> No, `package.el` is not smart enough.  The reason is that the version
>> numbers used by MELPA don't match the ones used in GNU ELPA, so the
>> MELPA versions always seem to be "much higher" than the ones in GNU ELPA
>> (e.g. 20180223.223 > 5.7.2).
> Maybe we should fix that.  Could it be as easy as looking for version
> numbers starting with "YYYYMMDD", and if there is no package available
> with a version formatted that way, just assume that the currently
> highest numbered "normally versioned" package is more recent?

Assuming would definitely not be a good idea because scenarios where
this is a bad idea aren't sufficiently hypothetical, IMO.

But we could add a hack that would detect such cases are prompt the user.

Better if we could get the release date of the package version 5.7.2 ;-)


        Stefan