From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using use-package Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:46:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <744acff6-5c96-4d3a-8532-e94e7b8d05c5@googlegroups.com> References: <5302dbf7-0535-4394-8710-b1923edd6922@googlegroups.com> (message from Rusi on Sun, 9 Aug 2015 10:30:17 -0700 (PDT))> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439401823 15670 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2015 17:50:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:50:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 12 19:50:23 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPaAP-0007HU-Ss for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:50:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39729 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPaAO-0007DA-V4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:50:20 -0400 X-Received: by 10.68.233.100 with SMTP id tv4mr30922455pbc.0.1439401569968; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:46:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.138.70 with SMTP id qo6mr363336igb.13.1439401569934; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:46:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!se8no2781237igc.0!news-out.google.com!o13ni14098igw.0!nntp.google.com!pg9no9245310igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.62.55; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.62.55 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:46:09 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:214228 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106512 Archived-At: On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 6:53:26 AM UTC+5:30, Robert Thorpe wrote: > Rusi writes: > > > On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 10:47:29 PM UTC+5:30, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> >> The problem is to define "something like". > >> > Simply solved -- Just pick up req-package :-) > >> > >> I haven't looked at it. Does it drop the "work around mis-configured > >> packages" baggage? > > > > req-package is basically use-package + dependency management + el-get. > > Do you see apt-get just off the horizon? > > When you say "dependency management" what do you mean? I think you're > talking at cross-purposes with the other, and you mean something else. The author of req-package posted a separate thread explaining its theme.