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: Easy configuration of a site-lisp directory Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:18:59 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87y29cj65y.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="27886"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 08 20:19:39 2021 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 1mCnOd-0006xu-B5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2021 20:19:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43146 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mCnOb-00052P-To for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:19:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55158) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mCnO6-0004MH-Rd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:19:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:55470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mCnO3-0005hl-PC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2021 14:19:05 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6F20044077E; Sun, 8 Aug 2021 14:19:01 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6BAAB440758; Sun, 8 Aug 2021 14:19:00 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1628446740; bh=gCPNf0h4JjO1fK1EGYsuV08vqUkvsSl+OEGhIt9X9WU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=e2SS+kOTpnbgah7Vl4YFNruvjB5gX80zcxlrFIS++1IQBm91RHAYbF2c66MVJDta4 ptEexzeY6SOPMPj4GN9rIv6PgmgxlSpLaW0o+cXyzFnm+JmWrxIpQZSBzNVJg1v3tY h0euuwHRTKiFv3oAdnDL1BZlEzMJGbsERPOoC6BEYn2Rf3DtTNRMvczoo8vR1r1SJU T7jfMvpNT8tIlMSBTey7/t/pEoWaYS+FQcrFs0jMPJ6MiYHlZK02CWvVrp9ZJrWRje M8mPrnX6dE0MZFwMwNe5TuQ6gNyHCJEG/YI1Z3rQLC/sXAIIwfVel/frBXRdlnbrlk 04tpJ1OH9R7JQ== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.29.138]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2CE7E120284; Sun, 8 Aug 2021 14:19:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87y29cj65y.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:40:57 +0000") 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: 2.1.23 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:272208 Archived-At: Philip Kaludercic [2021-08-08 15:40:57] wrote: > I have been using something along these lines for a while now, and > wanted to suggest adding this to Emacs/ELPA: [...] > The fundamental idea is to have an easy-to-use ~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/ > directory where a user can clone any repository or create their own, > without having to manually add these to load-path, generate autoloads or > byte compile. FWIW, I use `elpa-admin.el` for that. The advantage being that the package.el is made aware of them. Admittedly, `elpa-admin.el` doesn't provide that "out of the box", but I'd welcome changes to improve this use case. It go become an alternative to `straight.el`. Stefan