From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Package Management Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:28:35 +0200 Message-ID: <87hbv20ybw.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <485b0c380808011427n4d3144eey3f8daf3abac83bf4@mail.gmail.com> <87d45vzt4j.fsf@hagelb.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253176144 28120 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2009 08:29:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:29:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , phil@hagelb.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 17 10:28:56 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MoCMH-0005gg-UK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:28:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41404 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoCMH-0004NE-58 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:28:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoCM8-0004Lb-KL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:28:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoCM3-0004FW-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:28:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45512 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoCM3-0004FH-5c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:28:39 -0400 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]:2787) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MoCM0-0005K8-Rp; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:28:37 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5094D78A158C; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:28:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22476-04; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:28:35 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender vrfy tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (unknown [141.26.95.106]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6FA78A158B; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:28:35 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:37:18 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115405 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > RMS> Supporting the latest Gnus on old versions of Emacs already > RMS> complicates things. If Emacs does not come with a copy of > RMS> Gnus, we will also be asked to support running an old Gnus in > RMS> a new Emacs, which will square the difficulty. > > package.el only lets users install the latest version of a package > that is available in the package archive. Older versions are not > displayed in the package menu. > > I agree that will avoid that problem, if people install things like > Gnus only through package.el. But the newest package might not run on an older emacs version. So it would be good if package.el would show the latest version of a package that is supposed to work with my emacs version, and if it requires other packages, then their versions have to be taken into account, too. Does it do something like that? Bye, Tassilo