From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On Contributing To Emacs Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:50:40 +0200 Message-ID: <83pmpjpzxr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83zgoopkwb.fsf@gnu.org> <874k6wsajh.fsf@posteo.net> <87o8536fry.fsf@yahoo.com> <87lf07hn0z.fsf@localhost> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25387"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ihor Radchenko Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 26 08:52:22 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1n1OKL-0006Lj-Q4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 08:52:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48748 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n1OKK-0003zZ-UB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:52:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n1OIZ-0002Iy-PV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:50:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=47290 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n1OIX-0004Da-EX; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:50:31 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=VWKyRPILTDfvVSgjaJQY9BUJzcgskePlyfvAJUagmwE=; b=QZ3VzJaJvoJu dGvUeHXo1h39Ep4I6mXrtE7FGXQyabe/LD2qk75BbPY0z52TM5nlN/ZUGxZEvXRojK9HFlb1xbgqg lM7iDWE/p96N43TbCZhcjQE/y5b/2B3UnzaG68r+GIi1WilonKIhjX4Z5m8j6yLB5lrXFcNI/yJ5h KYBbpI6/nGFkDxhLEwbRO6e3Qis2KSpt88dgmyKCyNKImU2zZ9wSJlmhgJmQMePzFgdFiS9fbagRg /eeXZdlVDK2KJM7tXBbyq3JL/j+zvSqxbIS+21IK+bixf/On/nqmK093qBHh97KnS0H51LiJUQ1/L hZ96u8ux61rxXT/XBRXLYg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=2743 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n1OIW-0006Gx-84; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:50:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87lf07hn0z.fsf@localhost> (message from Ihor Radchenko on Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:56:44 +0800) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:283264 Archived-At: > From: Ihor Radchenko > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:56:44 +0800 > Cc: philipk@posteo.net, > "xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions." > > Po Lu writes: > > > Apart from installing packages in such a haphazard fashion, I really > > don't see what else straight.el does better than package.el. > > I do see some advantages: > 1. Ability to review actual changes (commits) made in a package since > last update > 2. Ability to maintain a personal set of patches/changes to a package > while still being able to update to the latest version. package.el can be extended to provide these features, and more. Patches are welcome. (Not that I think many users would want these particular features, but there's no harm in having seldom-used ones.)