Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> Let those users write specific code for that if they so wish.
>> Generating the `<pkg>-pkg.el` file as well as the `<pkg>-autoloads.el`
>> cannot be done fully automatically in all cases.  More specifically it
>> may require the package's spec to find the `:main-file` and other such
>> things.  I don't think we should aim for that level of automation yet.
>
> It seems reasonable that installing a new package from source will take
> a certain number of steps.  On the other hand, there is also the case of
> personal configuration files to consider.
>
> Parts of my config are under ~/.emacs.d/lisp and I would like to
> autoload (and perhaps byte-compile) definitions from there files without
> having to worry about anything.  I believe such a feature would make
> sense for lots of people.

I'm not opposed to feature in itself.  I'm saying we should first focus
on the less automatic workflow.  Also I'd probably prefer the more
automatic workflow to be optional, unless we can make it sufficiently
cheap (updating autoloads files at every startup is not an option in
this respect).


        Stefan