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: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:29:21 +0300 Message-ID: <83k2dtms7i.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160916203414.25203.87032@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> <83a8eqoi08.fsf@gnu.org> <87d1jlacsh.fsf@russet.org.uk> <867f9t4n4t.fsf@realize.ch> <874m4x8sq5.fsf@russet.org.uk> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1475242253 17255 195.159.176.226 (30 Sep 2016 13:30:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:30:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: a.s@realize.ch, 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 Fri Sep 30 15:30:46 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 1bpxta-0002Jo-10 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:30:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44542 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpxtX-0006RN-Hk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:30:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59698) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpxsk-0006Pp-4K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:29:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpxsf-0000QP-VL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:29:41 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:48361) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpxsf-0000QH-S9; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:29:37 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4451 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bpxsd-0006r6-7W; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:29:37 -0400 In-reply-to: <874m4x8sq5.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:207922 Archived-At: > From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , , > Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:41:54 +0100 > > > There's also d) where an elpa package would just go into it's > > corresponding directory under EMACS/lisp, e.g. EMACS/lisp/org if org is > > an elpa package. Of course, there's a chance of name clashes here, but > > both GNU Emacs and GNU elpa are under the same control IIUC. > > Would require us to keep track of which packages are package.el format > and which packages are not, spread throughout multiple directories. As > well as making the build a PITA (and fragile when we forget to update > the list), it would be confusing for the developers who would have to > remember two different sets of package structures. If these difficulties are indeed real and grave, we could indeed use a separate sub-tree. But I don't think we should give up without trying, without actually seeing the difficulties and trying to solve them.