From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Politz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Installing binaries with package.el Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 22:55:05 +0100 Message-ID: <87poir81xi.fsf@hochschule-trier.de> References: <3fdcbe78-969e-f9e1-2a9d-a5f8494c35b3@mit.edu> <8760kmtvpu.fsf@mbork.pl> <35ae3a71-f8da-3405-6966-38337d8e74e0@gmail.com> <87lgtgmspv.fsf@hochschule-trier.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1486677335 23265 195.159.176.226 (9 Feb 2017 21:55:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:55:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 09 22:55:32 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwgb-0005gt-4I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 22:55:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40402 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwgg-0002Uu-NM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:55:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33595) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwgZ-0002Ok-Rs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:55:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwgU-0003ym-Tx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:55:27 -0500 Original-Received: from gateway-a.fh-trier.de ([143.93.54.181]:44858) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwgU-0003ya-KI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:55:22 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-new + McAfee uvscan + ClamAV [Rechenzentrum Hochschule Trier (RZ/HT)] Original-Received: from localhost (ip5f5bdee7.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [95.91.222.231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: politza) by gateway-a.fh-trier.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 956EE179AC0A; Thu, 9 Feb 2017 22:55:06 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=simple/simple; d=hochschule-trier.de; s=default; t=1486677306; bh=2EZAJIE4d6CB9bxPYJaatDElDHM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=GNx9HVrzkcINLDDcAeAWax9nsTXPjBf+7PkLlm9vowgAxsplcf9PGYGzIhGGLFPFF flRxIkIXfbVD6pvIxDkfg2UfzY9vba4TZ0kHXhLytTi2JQZMpiLQyW/G6Zp0QKlVFb cljC7+pmT9Wb6r78l0PHR2pNTziSLAVzG6a3t1MY= In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:33:18 -0500") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 143.93.54.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:212186 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> [...] a auto-load cookie [...] > > Any reason why you do it as part of the autoloads rather than as part of > the compilation of the package? > [ I can see some advantages, but I'm curious what were the reasons in > your case. ] I just didn't think of it. It felt like a lot of people wanted this and so I let my cat walk over my laptop until she said : "I think it might be working now.". It probably was a mistake. > In the case of pdf-tools, what kind of pre-remove would be needed? Actually, I was just generally speaking. But in the case of pdf-tools, it could clean up before an update can happen, which is a critical phase anyhow. -ap