From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing? Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:27:47 +0300 Message-ID: <83bmpt5li4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k2et39vp.fsf@gmail.com> <87efuqulfb.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87o9tt51k3.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497277771 24371 195.159.176.226 (12 Jun 2017 14:29:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:29:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lunaryorn@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 14967@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Alex Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 12 16:29:27 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1dKQLO-0005ze-Pd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:29:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38422 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQLR-0008Tb-Nf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:29:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51180) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQL3-0008Ic-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:29:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQL0-0000Gh-1B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:40912) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQKz-0000GQ-U6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:29:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQKz-00030u-Ob for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:29:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14967 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 14967-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14967.149727769211522 (code B ref 14967); Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:29:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14967) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jun 2017 14:28:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43589 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQKC-0002zm-GO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:28:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59882) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQKA-0002zZ-Ri for 14967@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:28:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQK2-0008Cx-Je for 14967@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:28:05 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46931) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQK2-0008Ct-G9; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:28:02 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3342 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dKQJy-00028Z-ID; Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:27:58 -0400 In-reply-to: <87o9tt51k3.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Alex on Sun, 11 Jun 2017 21:26:20 -0600) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:133503 Archived-At: > From: Alex > Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 21:26:20 -0600 > Cc: Sebastian Wiesner , > Stefan Monnier , 14967@debbugs.gnu.org > > Here's a patch for it. Thanks. > +*** The new variable 'package-trash-old-packages' has been added to > +control whether or not 'package-delete' trashes old packages files. This should say something about the default behavior. > +(defvar package-trash-old-packages t > + "If non-nil, `package-delete' may trash packages. Why "may"? > +`delete-by-moving-to-trash' must be non-nil for this variable to > +have an effect.") I think it would be better to make this defcustom.