From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] feature/integrated-elpa 4f6df43 15/23: README added Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:14:31 +0300 Message-ID: <83a8eqoi08.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160916203414.25203.87032@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <20160916203416.8DF2F220166@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <87vaxsjmvu.fsf@russet.org.uk> <878tunj2wr.fsf@russet.org.uk> <874m582ixv.fsf@russet.org.uk> <871t0apsxm.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87shsm7hi6.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83a8eucwi2.fsf@gnu.org> <878tudgwlq.fsf@russet.org.uk> <8360pgoyo4.fsf@gnu.org> <87d1jn3ws9.fsf@russet.org.uk> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1475162128 26129 195.159.176.226 (29 Sep 2016 15:15:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:15:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 29 17:15:23 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bpd3M-0005Z3-UI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:15:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38699 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpd3M-0000Wp-FF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:15:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39811) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpd2f-0000Wj-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:14:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpd2a-00036F-M6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49368) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpd2a-000366-Jr; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1932 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bpd2Z-0005Aa-HD; Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:14:28 -0400 In-reply-to: <87d1jn3ws9.fsf@russet.org.uk> (phillip.lord@russet.org.uk) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:207898 Archived-At: > From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:00:54 +0100 > > >> The build process is different. I use package.el to compile, and to > >> build the autoloads and the -pkg.el file. This could be done in the lisp > >> directory, but I'd have to exclude this directory from the normal build > >> process in the lisp directory. > > > > Can't we handle the differences during the build without separating > > directories? E.g., we already have some files that should not be > > byte-compiled, and we handle it with a file-local variable. Can't we > > do something similar with this issue? > > > Sure. We already, for example, have the obsolete directory which is > excluded from some of the build make processes. > > But, I think it will ultimately be more complex. We will have one > subdirectory with a different package organisation from the all the > others. We should at least try, IMO, and not dismiss that possibility before we really see the difficulties and can assess them.