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: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:10:56 -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="13627"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: philipk@posteo.net, stefankangas@gmail.com, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 03 15:11:42 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 1oqawT-0003EK-FH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:11:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oqaw3-0007W3-Vk; Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:11:11 -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 1oqaw2-0007VW-I1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:11:10 -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 1oqavv-0006T7-6C; Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:11:10 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 4D276440FC1; Thu, 3 Nov 2022 10:11:01 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E2FB1440173; Thu, 3 Nov 2022 10:10:59 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1667484659; bh=bq2I5BDzf4wQYsKcjS1NlqdUM2j754RC2bgULP3BHwE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=CQuWdW/z4PkxJN/0h4KhO3vF2MzhdYdIe88GP0c9qgv8FckpeLrLDe/dfQqQP+gBi x7xpMUDXoO2vSLUizdK/E3Z/R1QXugdkYyixdFJuPUqrWUA4jHYVAvdm8nQBpVo/KR qK6UWElDluXboSxxP9SArCnPl7dcGACiMo8AUji172lvhs9gQls/6GxCbKJdysXXtn Fqu17f1dZ6VhRwimhI2k7fa+wE2Cd1ghlbeOUdJaOzzatbkaJWKdbWBR/4iUjzMoyD pejfxmZEWJKbMrEyhg93iz+rglraAhX1qbYilQ+x9Z09QUDKSbCDkbmWQLxwisRFZs 8pTOOX9pbHqeQ== Original-Received: from lechazo (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE3C1120FA4; Thu, 3 Nov 2022 10:10:59 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 02 Nov 2022 23:18:16 -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: -19 X-Spam_score: -2.0 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, 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:299075 Archived-At: > > `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. > > It is true that the local clone is created by `package-vc'. > However, it has to clone a remote repo into that. > > We should not arbitrarily limit what VCS the remote repo can use, > given that we already have the facilities (in VC itself) to easily > avoid such limits. Many modern VCS can clone locally a repository using the format of another VCS. Stefan