Re: Adding use-package to core

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Nov 13, 2022, 18:46 by johnw@gnu.org:

>>>>>> "Edd" == Emacs development discussions <xenodasein---> writes:
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> Edd> How integrated is it with custom, package, etc?
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> This is exactly the kind of thinking I was hoping for in suggestion the move
> to core. Yes, yes and yes! Integration, documentation, the ability for users
> to resolve their own issues (for example, making macro expansion easier to do
> for use-package), these do need more thought and care.
>
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Using package.el and custom through their interfaces currently provides
the Emacs soft-entry into using packages from outside, use-package
provides yet another alternative in between them and manually doing
everything.  My understanding is that most people would actually prefer
solving this without tinkering in init.el but they find custom interface
inadequate so they go for the next alternative which is use-package.
I think we can bridge that gap somehow.  OTOH, use-package also works
great for people who'd like to set things through code, like how JW
uses it in their config on GH; for that way of doing things it is in much
better shape IMO, stable if you will.

Eli:
You said this can be fixed, of course but wouldn't it be much
easier to do without fighting backwards compatibility issues of
core code?