Re: porting crufty old init.el to package management

[Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

On Monday, March 24, 2014 5:07:26 AM UTC+5:30, Tom Roche wrote:
> I've been using emacs for ~20 years, during which I have

> 1. accumulated a functional but aesthetically- and maintenance-challenged
> collection of {init.el, files it calls}
> 2. regularly bemoaned the lack of emacs package management

> The latter problem has been solved (non-uniquely :-) for awhile now,
> and I'm setting up a new box, so I really should port my emacs
> configuration to the new millenium. I'm wondering, would anyone care
> to recommend especially worthy docs for this process (guides,
> howto's, tutorials)? esp how best to accommodate snippets of elisp
> (gists?)


Im also an old geezer looking to changing to the new package system
The first thing I see is that there are a lot of package repos:

elpa (2 of them), melpa, marmalade...

Which/how to choose??