From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21704: 25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path' Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 00:24:30 +0200 Message-ID: <87inyy7n1d.fsf@gnus.org> References: <489dac34-2cb6-416d-9ef2-301884dd31d8@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462055151 17434 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 22:25:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21704@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 00:25:33 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awdKN-00021b-4Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 00:25:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59946 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awdKJ-0006Wx-6x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:25:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34626) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awdK9-0006IT-LM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:25:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awdJy-00025L-1t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46364) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awdJx-00023N-VP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:25:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awdJu-0000Hs-Hv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21704 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21704-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21704.14620550751063 (code B ref 21704); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21704) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 22:24:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58701 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awdJS-0000H4-Oi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:24:34 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:32955) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awdJR-0000Gx-F3 for 21704@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:24:33 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awdJO-0007gM-SP; Sun, 01 May 2016 00:24:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <489dac34-2cb6-416d-9ef2-301884dd31d8@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 18 Oct 2015 07:24:19 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117464 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > Apparently (at least from searching package.el and (emacs) `Packages' > and its subnodes), nowhere do we tell users the effect of using the > package system on `load-path'. (Variable `load-path' is mentioned in a > couple of doc strings, but only for "internal-only" functions.) > > There is this comment in the Commentary of `package.el': > > ;; At activation time we will set up the load-path and the info path, > ;; and we will load the package's autoloads. If a package's > ;; dependencies are not available, we will not activate that package. > > I think it is important (helpful) to explicitly make the connection for > users between `load-path' and the package system. Please consider > making it clear. Even just a statement such as the one in that comment > would help. Do you have a suggestion as to where in the manual we should mention the load-path impact? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no