Hi,
Git commit 0944224a8d46 (git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs
code, 2018-03-13, [1]) removes two elisp modules from Git that are
redundant next to modules available in other packages. Good! Now as
packager I would like to make the transition as smooth for users as I
can.
Git's emacs support is in a package named git-el ('fast, scalable,
distributed revision control system (emacs support)'). It provides
emacsen-common scripts to compile the elisp and a site-start script to
load it.
Questions:
1. What should I put in maintainer scripts to be sure that the
compiled elisp gets properly removed on upgrade? Are there
existing packages I can imitate for this? Should I declare a
Breaks by git against the old git-el package and rely on its
existing scripts?
2. Aside from updating the README.emacs in the Git package, is there
anything I can do to make the transition more smooth for users?
3. Any other words of advice?
Thanks,
Jonathan
[1]
https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/0944224a8d4668c98e4eca0cbe67c4d0d88aa932%5E%21/
