Re: (was Re: updating async on elpa) auto-sync for emms

[Stefan Monnier]

>> You might want to activate the `:auto-sync` on your packages, tho to
>> save you from the worry.
>
> Up until now I would merge into the "elpa" branch in the Emms Savannah
> repo, and then push to "externals/emms" from there. If I understand
> :auto-sync correctly (I recall us discussing such a feature), then I
> won't need the "elpa" branch in our repo anymore. Instead, we'll:
>
>     * develop on "main" until we are ready for a release
>
>     * increment ";; Version"
>
>     * ...and emacs/elpa.git will do the rest

Sounds right.

>       (how often does it sync?).

Currently the sync is done every hour, IIRC.

>       This assuming that nobody put any changes conflicting with
>       the Emms Savannah repo directly into "externals/emms", which
>       nobody should be doing anyway.

Indeed, the auto-sync will only pull "fast-forwards" from the upstream,
so if someone commits directly to `elpa.git` the auto-sync will fail
until someone merges that changes into the upstream.

> So, can you please enable auto-sync for Emms as well so that it syncs
> from the main branch of our savannah repository?

Done,


        Stefan