I get the following error when trying to install hyperbole via elpa-devel:

[Prague2049]

describe-package-1: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, ("Bob Weiner" . "[email protected]") mac,[email protected] , hyperbole-8.0.1pre0.20231210.205257

[rswgnu]

This is indeed a problem with the describe-package command which accepts only a single Maintainer whereas Hyperbole has two. It does allow for multiple Authors. For the next release, we have hopefully fixed this by switching the writeup to have a single maintainer and multiple authors.

Thanks for pointing this out. You don't get this when installing Hyperbole, do you? Only when using the help to describe the package, right?

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describe-package-1: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, ("Bob Weiner" . @.") @. , hyperbole-8.0.1pre0.20231210.205257

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[Prague2049]

Thanks for the reply.Yes! When I use M+x package-list-package, the above problem occurs when I hit enter on hyperbole.

[matsl]

@rswgnu

This is indeed a problem with the describe-package command which accepts only a single Maintainer

That does not seem to be the case. There is even code in describe-package-1 to display "Maintainers" with an s. https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el#n2962 just as Authors can be more than one.

So we need to figure out why this happens. Could be a bug in package.el when getting the names or we provide it in the wrong way!? I see other packages affected by this as well. Would be terrible if we could not display both our names wouldn't it! ;-)

[rswgnu]

If you look at Emacs 28.0.50, you’ll see single maintainer code that they must have extended along the way.  — rsw

On Dec 22, 2023, at 9:17 AM, Mats Lidell @.***> wrote:

This is indeed a problem with the describe-package command which accepts only a single Maintainer

That does not seem to be the case. There is even code in describe-package-1 to display "Maintainers" with an s. https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el#n2962 just as Authors can be more than one. So we need to figure out why this happens. Could be a bug in package.el when getting the names or we provide it in the wrong way!? I see other packages affected by this as well. Would be terrible if we could not display both our names wouldn't it! ;-)

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[matsl]

FYI: I do get the error in still in emacs 30.0.5. The "fix" for allowing multiple Maintainers is here: bug#62524 It speak of a new :maintainers: extra property. Maybe that is what we need to support.

[rswgnu]

Ok, I’ll add a Maintainers line to hyperbole.el as well.-- Bob

On Dec 22, 2023, at 1:16 PM, Mats Lidell @.***> wrote: FYI: I do get the error in still in emacs 30.0.5. The "fix" for allowing multiple Maintainers is here: bug#62524 It speak of a new :maintainers: extra property. Maybe that is what we need to support.

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[rswgnu]

This was fixed in the 8.0.1pre release a while back. Closing this issue.