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diff --git a/elpa.org b/elpa.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cae3bb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/elpa.org @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +#+Title:Tilde elisp package archive +#+Author: Crazazy +#+INCLUDE: ./style.org + +I decided that I didn't want to interact with other people when +publishing my package, because somehow I'm antisocial like that +This means that there is now a new package repository available for +you to use +* Installation + Usage of the repo is similar to how you'd install melpa and stuff + #+begin_src elisp + (add-to-list 'package-archives '("tilde" . "https://tilde.cafe/~crazazy/elpa/")) + (package-refresh-contents) + #+end_src +* Adding your own package + Right now this archive is kinda barren, and the amount of packages + is countable on 1 hand. You can help change that! Just send a mail + to [[mailto:crazazy@tilde.cafe][crazazy@tilde.cafe]] with your package where it is located and if + you have any special files that need to be put in there (or just + send a whole [[https://github.com/melpa/melpa#recipe-format][MELPA recipe]], I use those internally anyways) +** What I'm looking for + There are /some/ standards that I want to follow in order to give + this package repository a more tilde-like or grassroots-style + feel. Mostly this means: + - Don't host your package on github.com or gitlab.com + - Don't depend on melpa (prefer if you depend just on packages from + [[https://gnu.elpa.org][GNU elpa]] but nonGNU is fine). The reason for this is that melpa + is *HUGE*. You can seriously improve update time if you don't + refresh melpa automatically, and it is not installed by default + on an emacs system. +** This all sounds awfully strict + While I would like the non-github requirement, if you really, + /really/ have to use melpa, there is a quelpa package in this + repository for you as a safeguard. I just strongly advise against + using it since quelpa /does/ pull down the entire melpa recipe + archive, which, again, is big. |