From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com>
Cc: Tony Zorman <soliditsallgood@mailbox.org>, 69410@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69410: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] Use-package: allow :ensure to accept package spec instead of separate :vc keyword
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:42:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzi6lnjp.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wmqryzv2.fsf@gmail.com> (No Wayman's message of "Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:06:09 -0500")
No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com> writes:
> I think it would be cleaner to allow use-package's :ensure keyword to
> accept the arguments the :vc keyword currently does. e.g.
>
> ;; Install EXAMPLE package from ELPA archive
> (use-package example :ensure t)
>
> ;; Install EXAMPLE package from source
> (use-package example :ensure (:url
> "https://www.forge.com/maintainer/example"))
>
> My reasoning is that this has greater potential to work across
> multiple package managers.
> Instead of each package manager adding their own use-package keyword
> (e.g. :vc, :straight, :elpaca), they can all interpret the :ensure
> keyword's value. It would make things simpler for package maintainers
> offering example declarations and users switching between package
> managers.
I am adding Tony to the CCs, as he implemented the :vc keyword to see if
he has anything to comment (generally it is good to add a X-Debbugs-CC
header, mentioning specific maintainers or people involved in a feature
when submitting a bug).
My own take is that setting aside timing issues and the fact that the
Emacs 30 branch has been cut, ...
- The :vc keyword allows just passing t to download the package as
specified in the ELPA archive. I don't see an elegant away to allow
this using :ensure.
- I am not a fan of encouraging the usage of VC packages, since
version control brings in some complications that tarballs avoid
(especially when it comes to upgrading).
- If I try to evaluate the expression you suggest I get a warning:
⛔ Error (use-package): Failed to parse package example:
use-package: :ensure wants an optional package name (an unquoted
symbol name), or (<symbol> :pin <string>)
and I am wondering, if there is a potentially ambiguous conflict
between your suggestion and the (<symbol> :pin <string>) case, that
might trigger an edge case in some configuration.
> Thoughts?
--
Philip Kaludercic on peregrine
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-26 16:06 bug#69410: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] Use-package: allow :ensure to accept package spec instead of separate :vc keyword No Wayman
2024-06-30 10:42 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2024-07-01 13:37 ` Tony Zorman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-07-01 19:57 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-03 19:56 ` Tony Zorman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <87zfr15hqj.fsf@gmail.com>
2024-07-01 14:28 ` No Wayman
2024-07-03 20:34 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-08 12:12 ` No Wayman
2024-07-08 15:52 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-09 2:30 ` No Wayman
2024-07-09 9:02 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-09 9:56 ` No Wayman
2024-07-09 7:34 ` Michael Albinus via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-07-09 8:26 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-03 19:51 ` Tony Zorman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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