From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
Cc: raman@google.com, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Auto-installing packages?
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:46:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1g4FxT-0000g9-N3@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pnx8yukz.fsf@russet.org.uk> (phillip.lord@russet.org.uk)
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> I don't think it's a tangent. Emacs out of the box already favours ELPA,
> and does not enable other archives. The default for additional mechanism
> for loading external packages would be at least as restrictive --
> i.e. out of the box, Emacs would only use this additional mechanism for
> ELPA.
I'm concerned that external packages, or other versions, would set a
variable to enable other package archives "by default". This seems
like replacing a plaster wall that has a door, with a curtain made of
strings of beads.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-24 1:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-14 1:51 Auto-installing packages? Stefan Monnier
2018-09-14 7:09 ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-14 8:39 ` T.V Raman
2018-09-15 0:46 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-17 11:50 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-17 22:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-18 16:16 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-19 3:40 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-20 16:58 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-24 1:46 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2018-09-14 14:11 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-14 18:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-17 11:48 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-17 13:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-18 16:12 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-18 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-14 15:52 ` Perry E. Metzger
2018-09-15 0:50 ` Richard Stallman
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