From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 14447@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14447: tramp-gvfs.el and xesam.el sometime fail to load
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ip29bxty.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvbo81izx0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:47 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>> It ought to always be possible to load lisp libraries.
>> I've wrapped the call of `dbus-get-unique-name' by
>> `ignore-errors'. tramp-gvfs.el returns now the user error "Package
>> `tramp-gvfs' not supported", which is intended.
>
> Not good enough: as Glenn wrote "It ought to always be possible to load
> lisp libraries". They may be loaded for all kinds of reasons that have
> nothing to do with using that library.
I understand this. However, there shall be an indication to the user
that all those (D-Bus based) Tramp methods are not available. How shall I
do it otherwise?
Well, maybe a warning. Would this be acceptable?
>> xesam.el is obsolete (the XESAM interface is not used anymore by search
>> engines). Shouldn't we move xesam.el to "obsolete/"?
>
> Feel free to do it (but even in obsolete/, it should be always possible
> to load this library).
For sure. I'll move it.
> Stefan
Best regards, Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-23 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-23 7:16 bug#14447: tramp-gvfs.el and xesam.el sometime fail to load Glenn Morris
2013-05-23 9:03 ` Michael Albinus
2013-05-23 13:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-05-23 14:00 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2013-05-23 16:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-05-24 10:06 ` Michael Albinus
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