From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Radon Rosborough Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: RFC: Adding BBDB to Emacs core Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:04:32 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87lgdpphmm.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87sh7mjd7d.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87lgddgaga.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87bme8b7u9.fsf@russet.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1524672304 15997 195.159.176.226 (25 Apr 2018 16:05:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:05:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel , Phillip Lord To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 25 18:05:00 2018 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 1fBMug-000427-Ni for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:04:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37935 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fBMwn-0004x0-IB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:07:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36704) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fBMuy-0004M4-2z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:05:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fBMux-0004Ii-16 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:05:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lf0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::22a]:45281) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fBMuw-0004HI-P0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:05:14 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lf0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id q5-v6so26233224lff.12 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:05:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=vsX4jo8AFuHqFtMGIJZcEDLD1gTB4tIBDj3o/Mkqj/A=; b=E6r9PzsERTFhFqE+EqJfNWrhHjvLqnf44XA6xYq/Ifuaz8+re+DsWXSKMGnsvq6HXp 5/5wz7JtOQqppX5DajzAUkNoAto/RtDusXqyLDlirt4utjM7vz4FmhbLXak0XnOtQnPQ NXJjHQswlx5IlWQ3aqLyOYs76pcKH7NMYTBzUq+cDeSD7m4dzh//zcbYExjfc1m2S+Pa aspHLFX51YBEhIa0TxWoDFiP/yJBOQeA+kCks9FPm06n/z9Kc58oyFYTXYBgA9+MJHxL FtUGcu9G7Hq+UKVg3GPqSEypiwAYAbOhXaoc5+0r0jKscZzhx2pcBKPA+/rMs3R+AEyC T+Pg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vsX4jo8AFuHqFtMGIJZcEDLD1gTB4tIBDj3o/Mkqj/A=; b=JS8OnPGGEY+wAINrTmJzjTNsPcMf43fO/7aMrfof2f8FlEaClX+1N5MsB99I7d0rkS vtnpgzVAZKLbGSCNNGmhdrM/XQHlEGfYUXPcNJgAAsEtiCH3Q2QLapF0yZYEW56yz3IX 15czya5Fk0N2WlT8dfQ773SfVWd35r2GyER1Z3eCWdN9oOFRYRgOj+3I5aJpd9mLyKqV Vmot13nEy9AL0bQfDTgCIcKXNYglqkNFKxY9nEJcwI8KPAn5faxR13sBTKyzeAlPsBqv cx6GOruvNgaTPM13/ILifHCwcrd3SbMapvBod2orXdQtNKP+IActJJ8qNM/w5xMloRhD nT5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tBxXb3Ch8ndWRSAk9H+iHbu7plZP8C0rq0YDxb33HgIvUZ5dGOv /0bwPtboKzPfILW4Sv80YSxK7b6WOzcgZuI/5pQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4++dPlOehQ9u6nSMNtA+45uE/iP2f0L8Ah3MZ+kRcKOxuXF0tJ7cJALvcgBcp6qRUCqWG0DAixiTxNiCr2szRk= X-Received: by 10.46.116.11 with SMTP id p11mr9489070ljc.59.1524672312976; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 2002:a19:26c9:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:04:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c07::22a 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:224873 Archived-At: > There's a case to be made for allowing ELPA archives to exports several > versions of a package at the same time, so older Emacsen can still > install the old version of a package without having to download the old > version by hand. For another perspective, see also source-based package managers like straight.el [1], Borg [2], el-get [3], et cetera, which easily bypass this problem by allowing you to install any version you want, and to change your mind after installation. [1]: https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el [2]: https://github.com/emacscollective/borg [3]: https://github.com/dimitri/el-get