Re: ESS 25.01.0 released on ELPA

Hi Rodney and all,

As I was rolling up my sleeves to prepare an update of my distributions to =
include the newest ESS, I learned that AUCTeX, now in the 14.x series, is n=
o longer distributed as a standalone tarball. Users should now install it u=
sing the Emacs package system.

I was briefly back at the question I asked here a few months ago: is it tim=
e to retire my distributions since most additions can now be installed usin=
g package-install? At the time, some people showed continued interest for a=
n out-of-the-box distribution. I'm probably one of them. Furthermore, I off=
er some customizations and extensions (Hunspell and dictionaries, for examp=
le) not as readily available elsewhere.

After some fiddling, I found a way to reconcile my distributions and the Em=
acs package system: install packages in a sysadmin way inside the Emacs tre=
e and ship this. When users install the distribution, the package system is=
 already initialized (therefore users should *not* include (package-initial=
ize) in their init file). The nice thing for the maintainer: building the d=
istributions is now much simpler and faster.

I'm testing this a little before I release updates, but so far, so good!

Cheers,

v.

> Le 11 janv. 2025 =C3=A0 13:42, Sparapani, Rodney via ESS-help <ess-help@r=
-project.org> a =C3=A9crit :
> =

> Hi Gang:
> =

> ESS-core is pleased to announce that our latest annual release installment
> is now available on ELPA.  We have a few bug-fixes and new features.
> =

> The biggest change is in philosophy as described in the first bullet belo=
w=EF=BF=BD
> =

> Changes and New Features in 25.01.0:
> =

>  *   polymode: In our transition from literate libraries (such as noweb d=
ocumented below with respect to 19.04), we now recommend the polymode packa=
ges as a more suitable replacement. Furthermore, we suggest the related pol=
ymodes including poly-noweb, poly-markdown and poly-R (installed in that or=
der). The package polymode itself, as well as the polymodes packages, are a=
ll on MELPA rather than ELPA. Therefore, you need to add MELPA to the list =
of installation archives as follows. =EF=BF=BD(add-to-list 'package-archive=
s '("melpa-stable" . https://stable.melpa.org/packages/))=EF=BF=BD for M-x =
package-install
>  *   ESS[R]: The shorthand notation for lambda functions and the question=
 mark are now fontified as keywords. Contributed by Maxime Pettinger.
>  *   ESS[SAS]: Developed new comprehensive lists of PROCs and functions f=
or syntax highlighting. See etc/proc.sas and etc/func.sas.
> =

> https://ess.r-project.org
> =

> --
> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, He/Him
> President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association
> Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute
> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
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