From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "T.V. Raman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: list-packages: Marking packages as "uninteresting"? Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 06:11:32 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87bolmj37w.fsf@destructor.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <81bolgxtku.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1337865114 5668 80.91.229.3 (24 May 2012 13:11:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:11:54 +0000 (UTC) To: Jambunathan K , Stefan Monnier , Jeremiah Dodds , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 24 15:11:53 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SXXpX-000300-CC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 May 2012 15:11:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55803 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXXpW-0002Vt-To for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56252) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXXpO-0002U4-US for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXXpI-0004Rw-Ly for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gg0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169]:45990) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXXpI-0004RL-F8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:36 -0400 Original-Received: by ggm4 with SMTP id 4so9312798ggm.0 for ; Thu, 24 May 2012 06:11:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=VCE6bJWNOtiTghnAWPVHX4cLnz3P3VhqbK6daudkuFQ=; b=oONhRTVrtB/aR0baJt/ZNRwLvYsaCMrpSOgPp+0Ts9kCg/suHTEvxC/6UDdHeqwThA 0bDo521dzTISxeqPMram+139yn5jfol9aAmkMSIlPRK+P5Iz9fVQL3NlrDyKGPC/4aNg ouNBrb8zd0dy+npC/NlsQaRHF9r9dGrkXFYY9cI5hgPVpJXTnEhLCs+F6Cak+DOGZYZS mkj5dy1O34glFD8kqL0R9ZoIm85vzMVaI4iJLUKyk6lG1fnWq4R0dyohkpYirZEbGWXr OOQ8HbesMu4MGUT+NYlzv5gI7BnJ+W7pz4Vsg+i6RIFVwyNLCeZIsNu+viQvs3ltMlkr qo8g== Original-Received: by 10.50.203.98 with SMTP id kp2mr16389176igc.42.1337865093130; Thu, 24 May 2012 06:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.231.13.194 with HTTP; Thu, 24 May 2012 06:11:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <81bolgxtku.fsf@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.161.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150634 Archived-At: Good point re customize-changed. -- -- On 5/22/12, Jambunathan K wrote: > >> Enabling users to add a tag would be the most flexible approach. >> >> I am not a huge fan of categorization as a solution to all evils, >> because it's basically a case of shoving things into drawers -- >> and then later not knowing what drawer you stuck it into. Emacs >> with incremental seach makes such things unnecessary:-) So if we >> do categorize and collapse things based on catagorization, let's >> implement that using invisibility specs since that works with >> isearch --- so I wouldn't need to know if you stuck say >> "org-mode" in the authoring drawer or the "gtd" drawer or >> whatever, I'd just isearch for org and get it. >> -- > > The only package that interests me are packages that I have already > installed or packages that are new. > > I often use > M-x customize-changed RET > > or use NEWS to "explore" new stuff. > > For example, > M-x list-changed-packages RET > > could either prompt for a Emacs release or a timestamp and list packages > that were modified in the intervening period. A PACKAGE-NEWS file could > be introduced which is current archive-contents *together* with the > *-readme.txt. > > Or > > There could be a sort option based on create/modify time. > > ps: > > I only wish that timestamps that I see in the below listing > > http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/?C=M;O=D > > give an idea of when a *particular* package was created/modified as > opposed to when the package *tar* was published. Save for Org, all > packages have "05-May-2012" has modified date. This is not that helpful > for discovery. For example, I would have liked to know when 'csv-mode' > made it's debut. > -- >