From: Stefan Monnier via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [package-vc] Consider cleaning up files from install process
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:13:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvfs39m4e0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: fbcf5dca-2246-72ef-7e12-b9ce4bbd9275@alphapapa.net
> Well, I would expect it to act similarly to Quelpa:
>
> 1. Clone the git repo (shallowly, at least by default) to a directory
> (perhaps a temporary one, but at least one stored in the appropriate XDG
> cache directory, outside of user-emacs-directory).
>
> 2. Call package-install-file on that worktree.
>
> 3. The package ends up installed into package-user-dir as if it were
> installed with package-install from ELPA.
So that treats the Git repository as a sort of "distribution site for
tarball-like thingies". If you like it, use Quelpa (or argue for ELPA to
support other repository formats).
That's not the purpose of `package-vc`.
`package-vc`s purpose is to install the source so you can hack on it.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-20 12:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-19 7:24 [package-vc] Consider cleaning up files from install process Joseph Turner
2023-09-19 9:03 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-19 12:19 ` Adam Porter
2023-09-19 13:50 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-19 14:34 ` Adam Porter
2023-09-20 8:13 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-10-07 7:52 ` Adam Porter
2023-10-07 13:31 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-20 12:13 ` Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions. [this message]
2023-09-20 12:08 ` Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions.
2023-09-20 12:03 ` Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions.
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2023-10-04 8:11 Joseph Turner
2023-10-04 8:22 Joseph Turner
2023-10-04 8:31 Joseph Turner
2023-10-04 15:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-10-04 18:54 ` Joseph Turner
2023-10-06 9:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
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