From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using use-package Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:23:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87d1yufwjk.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <5302dbf7-0535-4394-8710-b1923edd6922@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439256225 9237 80.91.229.3 (11 Aug 2015 01:23:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 01:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Rusi Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 11 03:23:33 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 1ZOyHt-00029r-Jk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 03:23:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60715 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOyHs-0002h4-H8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:23:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59119) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOyHi-0002gs-11 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:23:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOyHd-0000OQ-GT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:23:21 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp03.blacknight.com ([81.17.249.16]:41261) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOyHc-0000OA-S0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:23:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail03.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.16]) by outbound-smtp03.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A8DF99116 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 01:23:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: (qmail 23598 invoked from network); 11 Aug 2015 01:23:15 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[109.76.93.78]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 11 Aug 2015 01:23:14 -0000 In-Reply-To: <5302dbf7-0535-4394-8710-b1923edd6922@googlegroups.com> (message from Rusi on Sun, 9 Aug 2015 10:30:17 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 81.17.249.16 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:106445 Archived-At: 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. BR, Robert Thorpe