From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:45:59 -0400 Message-ID: References: <164484721900.31751.1453162457552427931@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <87ilkelc10.fsf@posteo.net> <878rl6syg8.fsf@posteo.net> <87zgdjqcu0.fsf@posteo.net> <87zgdivc3f.fsf@posteo.net> <874jvqv2u3.fsf@posteo.net> <875yg6qtbl.fsf@posteo.net> <83leoubj9p.fsf@gnu.org> <87edumco81.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4260"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Stefan Kangas , Eli Zaretskii , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 02 02:47:00 2022 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 1oq2qG-0000kd-RC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2022 02:46:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oq2pT-0002Ta-Cy; Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:46:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oq2pR-0002Se-JK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:46:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oq2pQ-0003ro-2V; Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:46:05 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 240D1441AC2; Tue, 1 Nov 2022 21:46:02 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id AD29C441AB5; Tue, 1 Nov 2022 21:46:00 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1667353560; bh=Cvf/b14tFuGW7nEetzXGi+RQF24RkrWpl5AehnyYSp0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=pOdKggkhsdMM4dLoXHdJYxvxFD1DILQ8TvYDIIebXyesG/sKFgcbExoFEFjDmHl/V BImFKdQWW+j7oGfzdZ+OkQRu0S1BX+5gFuzIh4T7Ie5YKTC+dnA1iSftK1CpXXetFy U30w3bRLbrXs9RgJRTifTqI6vLbifRPG7usj2m1oCKVxy5oQTmoXU3YUzHb22cngbR rwfsAE/LrZSgiHz3VVaiPNf8vOLgHsQHsA3ivvSptF0X51VUgiiv/7hng0rlY5zb2+ cXr+0VxOrzpGlsFtXOEj1yUkOHticG8gwmw16MX8Dhe+gDq1k+scgFbcMIpDvmBLiO JvS3SqDKMZd9w== Original-Received: from pastel (65-110-220-202.cpe.pppoe.ca [65.110.220.202]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7B30D1205EA; Tue, 1 Nov 2022 21:46:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:23:46 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca 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_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:298986 Archived-At: >> So why doesn't vc.el just do this too? > `vc.el` has to work with an existing local clone, whereas for > `package-vc` we could choose to impose a particular local VCS tool > because we're in control of the creation of the local clone. Oh, and another reason is that `vc.el` has supported that, so not supporting it would be a regression, whereas `package-vc` is new, so even if it only supports Git, it's better than before. Stefan