From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PL support Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 10:58:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="44501"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Richard Stallman , seb@k-7.ch, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Fu Yuan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon May 11 17:00:22 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jY9un-000BQR-LM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 11 May 2020 17:00:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39194 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jY9um-0001gZ-J7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 11 May 2020 11:00:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35216) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jY9tQ-00089f-42 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 May 2020 10:58:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:45868) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jY9tO-0001Va-IT; Mon, 11 May 2020 10:58:55 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id AF7C510082A; Mon, 11 May 2020 10:58:52 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 4EE3E100447; Mon, 11 May 2020 10:58:51 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1589209131; bh=NTR02VupFoC0BHDSk4W2sqgTgpv5mXdk3Gs3oZTbrQM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Ee3E3QIgR9mMTuNWUjppJ83Gkh9FZnhrklwB0bpp/Zd8Qud1uC0pDUTDBD2j33Iw5 gxelAG+CEorLHkPtn9MYJmUQ4quHqYOpvOvxz4H8xwDzcoIDf4JO0GPlANw5foy+O2 HPX+NaWT/KR9alN1dLJcaK66wA13klDZI2l0UQfoAQH8zfan0dCaLSHUP4UjWWi40d U7Pa2Y8bLE1G4YSQJtaZuvPytKdYoARzBbP1+Q5YSssch4K2EN0NIDyEfR3CGWdt0v 6gDK11BnocKGDczTMdXwvD/JHb6z3k7RXvtU9RgXdjGr+4M0jUPb7yY1g56ErpCP4z 7OA6MGtPuYVxQ== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.3.202]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E63D91205D6; Mon, 11 May 2020 10:58:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Fu Yuan's message of "Mon, 11 May 2020 09:38:09 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/11 10:58:52 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:249791 Archived-At: > Does that mean a external-tool.el that automatically downloads executables is not viable? No (after all, that's exactly what `gnu-elpa` does with GNU ELPA packages). I wouldn't want such a download to happen completely transparently, no, but it could definitely be an option after asking the user if they want to do that (where the question makes it clear what is being downloaded and from where). Stefan