From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: feature/package-vc has been merged Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:21:26 +0000 Message-ID: <87pmdxgptl.fsf@posteo.net> References: <164484721900.31751.1453162457552427931@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <878rkxgpms.fsf@posteo.net> <87sfiyk3a2.fsf_-_@posteo.net> <838rkp4ptj.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgd58i7y.fsf@posteo.net> <83k0492u5i.fsf@gnu.org> <87fsew8g18.fsf@posteo.net> <83mt941cyd.fsf@gnu.org> <87fsewp0ec.fsf@posteo.net> <837d0814c9.fsf@gnu.org> <878rkooz1o.fsf@posteo.net> <831qqg1306.fsf@gnu.org> <874jvcowzm.fsf@posteo.net> <83y1soypvx.fsf@gnu.org> <87y1song5x.fsf@posteo.net> <83v8nsyof7.fsf@gnu.org> <87leoond7l.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21725"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Stefan Monnier , Eli Zaretskii , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 08 21:22:01 2022 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 1osV6d-0005M4-9C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:21:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osV6D-00045U-3R; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:21:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osV6A-000454-Lb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:21:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osV68-0001Sy-PP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:21:30 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D25B240029 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2022 21:21:26 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1667938887; bh=U1aMyLdS17lZB1aLiPbDIfM8JMtFFeaNlDvJ8gc5fnE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=nLpKfvttSM6NIgSRnb2Qbu4T9jc+mVvmH9DWcRYLvWHwm53lrQmgxXcs3BK+3SZAN tRisF17p09Jy4KP2CLCizWYahTUippggtbO5A79YOLy6198PCxCZ7lYJJC44gaLHHS vXqryfcgt9wT1DlYEPhUSTQrhQeGNe7A5yLmzTbs/FNCd4VL+S8uA9Ata7VfELDNLR dsep5biePxF91wyvyt+JQZ0tJJXCymuv01FUIAiXkhzoM3foTzd8ptyJb0+KJj7wN5 tM6yiZTJmmp4aR0qKsbewIHGImTDn94aZyiq8mB7K1v2/AIXBdzbH+VDl3m/wJLGzM WVe6W7WbUbtSw== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4N6KHp1YhSz6tmQ; Tue, 8 Nov 2022 21:21:26 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Tue, 8 Nov 2022 09:46:34 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:299367 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > >> >>> Let's say I notice a something I would want to change/add/fix in a >> >>> package I am using. find-function is just one way I would query Emacs >> >>> to open up the source, then make a few changes. If I decide that these >> >>> are worth up-streaming, it is nice to just commit them right away and >> >>> call `package-vc-prepare-patch' to send the maintainer an email. >> >> >> >> How many package users do that? >> > >> > I know of at least one for certain, and that is me. >> >> I do too. >> >> Also, the Borg, the Straight, and the DELPS package managers implemented >> that same functionality, so there's clearly a public for it. > > Me too. Actually, I thought that was the entire motivation for > package-vc. Is there any other reason to have it? It was my personal motivation, but I know that some people prefer using version controlled package sources to improve the reproducability of an Emacs configuration.