Automating Chocolatey package generation for pandoc-crossref releases (Pandoc-version–aware)

[mubashir005]

Hi

I noticed that there is a Chocolatey package available for pandoc-crossref, but it doesn’t seem to be updated regularly.
For example, version 0.3.4.1 exists on Chocolatey, but newer releases are not consistently published.

I also noticed that some teams rely on specific pandoc-crossref versions that were built against specific Pandoc versions (e.g. Pandoc 3.6.4).
In practice, this means teams cannot always upgrade freely and instead need a known-good pandoc-crossref + Pandoc combination for reproducibility and compatibility.

Because of this, having properly versioned and reproducible Chocolatey packages becomes even more important.

Proposed idea

• Automatically generate a Chocolatey package when a new release is published
• Ideally trigger this from the GitHub Actions pipeline
• Include clear metadata about:
  1. pandoc-crossref version
  2. compatible / targeted Pandoc version (where applicable)
• Publish the package to Chocolatey (or at least produce the .nupkg artifact)

Why this could be useful

• Allows Windows users and teams to pin exact pandoc-crossref + Pandoc-compatible versions
• Avoids adding non-Chocolatey dependencies
• Keeps Chocolatey packages in sync with official releases
• Improves reproducibility across CI pipelines and documentation builds
• Reduces manual maintenance effort over time

I would be happy to:

• Prototype a Chocolatey packaging script (based on the current 0.3.4.1 package)
• Investigate how Pandoc version compatibility could be reflected in the package metadata or release process
• Explore integration into the existing GitHub Actions workflow
• Open a PR if this approach is acceptable to you

Before starting, I wanted to check if this is something you’d be open to maintaining in the project.

Thanks for your time, and great work on pandoc-crossref!

[lierdakil]

Hi. I don't use Windows, and, consequently, I don't use chocolatey. Any packaging happens downstream from this repo. Unfortunately, I don't have the bandwidth to support every package system under the sun. Chocolatey package apparently lives here: https://github.com/KageShiron/chocolatey-packages. Given last commit has been 6 years ago, I don't believe it's maintained anymore.

If you'd like to maintain a chocolatey package of pandoc-crossref, I'd be happy to accomodate for that within reason (e.g. add additional metadata to releases). I'm not going to maintain packaging on my own, however, and don't really want it to live in this repo, either (because then the onus of maintaining it will eventually fall on me anyway).