From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18021: 24.3.92; Uninstalling package foo leaves foo.txt file in elpa dir Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:31:24 -0400 Message-ID: <5ssim188ar.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405535536 15011 80.91.229.3 (16 Jul 2014 18:32:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:32:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18021@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jan Rehders Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 16 20:32:08 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1X7Tzr-0002kE-Tj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:32:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40733 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Tzr-00078e-Fr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:32:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51718) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Tzo-00078O-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Tzn-0005V8-En for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33297) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Tzn-0005V4-BO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Tzm-00078N-HQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18021 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18021-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18021.140553549727387 (code B ref 18021); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jul 2014 18:31:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56796 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X7TzH-00077a-SM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:31:36 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:42019 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X7TzB-00077L-D5 for 18021@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:31:30 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7TzA-0000H8-KO; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:31:24 -0400 X-Spook: Mole MP5K-SD Blowpipe clones military Bin Laden computer X-Ran: "!5?yozx&;LTtlM%r>*%qE`!21m4N<\JEXESR&8zA)pr=:PHLD^+pE6SLfv\j-[1VzLF5G X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91593 Archived-At: Jan Rehders wrote: > - M-x, list-packages > - install any package (for example foo) > - now in elpa directory check that foo-$version and foo.txt exists > - go back to package list and uninstall package foo > - now elpa dir still contains foo.txt > > I think the correct behaviour would be to remove the readme file, too. I can't decide if it is a feature or not to leave the README behind. You might still want to read about something you just removed, without having to download it again.