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authorjao <jao@gnu.org>2021-08-08 01:10:22 +0100
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documentation: mention to the new NonGNU ELPA packages
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diff --git a/doc/install.texi b/doc/install.texi
index dd9d5ef..e932e1a 100644
--- a/doc/install.texi
+++ b/doc/install.texi
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@ to the fun.
You'll also need Geiser itself. The quickest installation is via your
favourite implementation's ELPA packages (as of this writing, they're
-all available in MELPA).
+all available in MELPA and (most of them) also in NonGNU ELPA, which
+comes included with the batteries of Emacs 28 or better).
@node The quick and easy way, From the source's mouth, Must needs, Installation
@section The quick and easy way
@cindex quick install
@cindex ELPA
+@cindex NonGNU ELPA
Did i mention that the easiest way of installing Geiser is using its
@uref{http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ELPA, ELPA} package? If you're using
Emacs 24, @uref{http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ELPA, ELPA} is already there;
@@ -51,20 +53,18 @@ where to find the goodies.
ELPA packages live in repositories accessible via HTTP. You can find
Geiser's package in either
-@uref{http://stable.melpa.org/#/geiser, MELPA stable} or, if you
-like living on the bleeding edge,
-@uref{http://melpa.org/#/geiser, MELPA} (directly from the git
-repo). To tell Emacs that an ELPA repo exists, you add it to
-@code{package-archives}:
+@uref{https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/geiser.html}{NonGNU ELPA} or, if
+you like living on the bleeding edge, @uref{http://melpa.org/#/geiser,
+MELPA} (directly from the git repo). To tell Emacs that an ELPA repo
+exists, you add it to @code{package-archives}@footnote{If you're using
+Emacs 28 or better, @code{package-archives} already comes with the
+non-gnu archive preconfigured, so you're lucky in more than one way.}:
@example
(require 'package)
-;;; either the stable version:
(add-to-list 'package-archives
- ;; choose either the stable or the latest git version:
- ;; '("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/")
- '("melpa-unstable" . "http://melpa.org/packages/"))
+ '("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/"))
(package-initialize)
@end example
diff --git a/doc/thanks.texi b/doc/thanks.texi
index 9a1da64..14eae9b 100644
--- a/doc/thanks.texi
+++ b/doc/thanks.texi
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ and the mailing list has been a far less lonely place since he came.
Aleix Conchillo has been my favourite spammer, beta tester and patch
sender during more years and for more projects than i can remember.
+Philip K. prepared the NonGNU ELPA packages for Geiser, making them
+available by default starting in Emacs 28, very generously volunteering
+all the work (i just had to update the docs!).
+
+Jonas Bernoulli, as it's his indefatigable wont, has improved Geiser's
+compliance to current Emacs packaging standards, making it a respectful
+member of the ELPA community.
+
Eduardo Cavazos' contagious enthusiasm has helped in many ways to keep
Geiser alive, and he's become its best evangelist in R6RS circles.