From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: package-mode, release notes? Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:53:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87bo85t53n.fsf@mithlond.arda> <871u8j5fo4.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877gia3qpp.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87li6oziex.fsf@lifelogs.com> <8738svwflw.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k3m6qd8z.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370652824 30041 80.91.229.3 (8 Jun 2013 00:53:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 00:53:44 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 08 02:53:43 2013 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 1Ul7Pb-0001Cu-Ak for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:53:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40362 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul7Pb-0008PJ-0g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:53:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38701) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul7PR-0008PD-8Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:53:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul7PQ-0000t4-F1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:53:33 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:34474) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul7PQ-0000sy-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:53:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul7PM-0000xa-2R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:53:28 +0200 Original-Received: from 69-165-139-76.dsl.teksavvy.com ([69.165.139.76]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:53:28 +0200 Original-Received: from monnier by 69-165-139-76.dsl.teksavvy.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:53:28 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 69-165-139-76.dsl.teksavvy.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nbm4RJ3ruj/yGwUyfevl31yYYxw= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:91387 Archived-At: > 1) download the package if necessary > 2) display the release notes according to the rules listed earlier in a > help-buffer > ...and it will have no interdependence with the installation process, > meaning that it will work with a package in any state. > Sounds good? Yes, sounds fine. Bonus points for keeping track of package already downloaded so we try and avoid downloading them again (e.g. if the notes are consulted several times, or if we want to install the package after consulting the notes, or if we want to consult the notes after installing the package). Stefan