Re: Structured Changelogs for ELPA packages

Richard Stallman [2026-08-11 00:43:10] wrote:

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> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > FWIW, this whole discussion confirms my opinion tht we should stick to
>   > the simplistic approach we're currently using.
>
> Could you please describe, all in one place, the approach
> you advocate continuing to use?

Not only I could but I do in `elpa-admin.el`:

    (defun elpaa--get-NEWS (pkg-spec dir)
      (let* ((news
              (elpaa--get-section
               "News" (elpaa--spec-get pkg-spec :news
                                       '("NEWS" "NEWS.rst" "NEWS.md" "NEWS.org"))
               dir pkg-spec)))
        (if (< (length (cdr news)) 4000)
            news
          (with-temp-buffer
            (insert (cdr news))
            (goto-char (point-min))
            (forward-char 4000)
            (forward-line 1)
            (cons (car news)
                  (concat (buffer-substring (point-min) (point))
                          "...\n...\n"))))))


=== Stefan