branch: elpa-admin
commit 78966fe2ea77e041bbf82a261aa2b2f6d7e1426e
Author: Stefan Kangas <ste...@marxist.se>
Commit: Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca>
* README.org: Improve introductory paragraphs.
---
README.org | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 0a4dc40..d64ceff 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
#+TITLE: NonGNU ELPA README
-#+DATE: 2020-11-28
+#+DATE: 2020-12-01
-Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
See the end of the file for license conditions.
This repository contains the sources, deployment scripts, and auxiliary files
-for [[https://nongnu.elpa.org][NonGNU ELPA]] (=elpa.nongnu.org=).
+for [[https://nongnu.elpa.org][NonGNU ELPA]] (=elpa.nongnu.org=). NonGNU ELPA
is a [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html][free software]] Emacs Lisp
+Package Archive (ELPA) with extensions to
[[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][GNU Emacs]].
This file explains the repository layout, how to add and edit packages, and how
to deploy the archive (either on =elpa.nongnu.org=, or a local copy for testing
@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@ purposes).
* Building the archive
+Building the NonGNU ELPA package archive means creating the package tarballs,
+the =archive-contents= file, and other associated files, in an ELPA compatible
+directory. This format is described in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual chapter
+[[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Packaging-Basics.html][Packaging
Basics]] (web link) or from Emacs:
+
+#+begin_src elisp
+ (info "(elisp) Packaging")
+#+end_src
+
To build the archive(s), all it takes is:
#+begin_src sh
