From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: wgreenhouse-sGOZH3hwPm2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Yum-like emacs package manager? Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:36:30 +0000 Message-ID: <8761b45wu9.fsf@example.com> References: <8738684tjf.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423928249 13092 80.91.229.3 (14 Feb 2015 15:37:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:37:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sat Feb 14 16:37:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YMemU-0002ph-HU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:37:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60176 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMemU-0006lQ-12 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:37:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50623) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMemG-0006lJ-WE for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:37:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMemC-00023d-A7 for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:37:04 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55326) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMemC-00023J-3X for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:37:00 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YMem9-0002bx-Gl for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:36:57 +0100 Original-Received: from 176.108.160.242 ([176.108.160.242]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:36:57 +0100 Original-Received: from wgreenhouse by 176.108.160.242 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:36:57 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-dbVV3NMTNubNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 176.108.160.242 X-Archive: encrypt Cancel-Lock: sha1:SqHzmcYOop6SnGJktdCTh6/R/8E= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org X-Spam-Report: 5.9 points; * 2.6 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains an IP address used for HELO * 1.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB RBL: SORBS: sender is a abuseable web server * [176.108.160.242 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] * 2.2 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net * [Blocked - see ] Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102717 Archived-At: torys.anderson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org (Tory S. Anderson) writes: > Recently I've read various articles complaining about the emacs > package manager (packages.el, `list-packages') given the explosion in > user contributions to places like MELPA. Sure enough, especially with > emacs traditional async incapabilities, loading the package list and > searching through it is very cumbersome. FWIW, if the complaint is that it's painful to load the package list from the network every time, `list-packages' doesn't actually force that. You can pass it the NO-FETCH arg and the list will be read from the cached local value, e.g. C-u M-x list-packages. The list can also be filtered by keywords if supplied by the package author (press f to try it), or by package name or description by using `occur' on the *Packages* buffer. -- WGG