From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: package-mode, release notes?
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:16:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr4gfndpy.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8738svwflw.fsf@lifelogs.com
>>> Where in the update process should this happen? Before (when marking),
>>> during (in a log buffer), or after?
SM> Since this info is currently not in archive-contents, the easiest is to
SM> do it after downloading the package.
> Why not make the command download the package if it's not downloaded,
> then display the release notes if the download worked?
Clearly, if it needs to be downloaded, then we ... hmm... need to
download it ;-)
> It seems important to be able to do this before the installation step.
download != installation (which is not equal to activation either, nor
to compilation).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-06 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-20 13:54 package-mode, release notes? Neal Becker
2013-05-20 23:07 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-05-20 23:42 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-05-21 2:54 ` Teemu Likonen
2013-05-21 11:26 ` Neal Becker
2013-05-21 12:28 ` Rasmus
[not found] ` <mailman.119.1369135588.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-03 16:20 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-03 17:30 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.950.1370284310.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-04 14:17 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-05 2:36 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.1010.1370399840.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-05 15:28 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-06 0:24 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.1061.1370478287.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-06 13:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-06 21:16 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.1115.1370553381.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-07 13:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-08 0:53 ` Stefan Monnier
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