From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: nferrier@ferrier.me.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:52:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bnodmxp7.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvzjbxhd1m.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: nferrier@ferrier.me.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:18:18 -0500
>
> >> Note that there is a fair bit a pressure to *add* rather than remove
> >> magic steps (the first candidate in the list is to build the *.info
> >> files from the *.texi files).
> > I hope we will be able to resist that pressure.
>
> Why? Having to keep the .info files in the Git is not good.
Not good for whom? For users it _is_ good, because it saves them from
the annoyance to have Texinfo of the "right" version installed on
their systems.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-11 17:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-07 13:45 package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal Stefan Monnier
2014-11-07 14:12 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-07 19:50 ` joakim
2014-11-08 4:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-10 14:55 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-10 17:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-10 20:27 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-10 21:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-10 22:02 ` package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal) Nic Ferrier
2014-11-10 23:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 2:53 ` Drew Adams
2014-11-11 11:41 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 16:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-11 17:17 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 17:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-11 16:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:15 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-11 17:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:52 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-11-11 18:04 ` David Kastrup
2014-11-12 3:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-12 6:48 ` David Kastrup
2014-11-11 17:27 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 18:20 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-12 16:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 17:00 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-12 17:51 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 20:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 21:39 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 22:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 23:01 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 23:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-13 1:09 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-13 5:06 ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-13 14:59 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-15 17:09 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-15 18:20 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-16 3:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-13 8:18 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-11-13 10:53 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-13 14:54 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-14 11:04 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-14 22:56 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 18:15 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-12 22:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-13 20:21 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-12 13:05 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-11 13:30 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-11 14:12 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 16:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:13 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 16:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 17:02 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-12 17:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-10 21:37 ` package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 1:29 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-11 2:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 2:59 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-11 3:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 12:44 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-11 13:31 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 11:31 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 16:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:10 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 19:36 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-11 20:40 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 21:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 22:17 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 22:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 23:26 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-13 0:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-07 20:00 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-08 4:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-08 23:18 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-09 3:17 ` Stefan Monnier
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