From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rasmus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package.el: soft dependencies? Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:28:04 +0200 Message-ID: <878uaimntn.fsf@gmx.us> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1436909314 16881 80.91.229.3 (14 Jul 2015 21:28:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:28:34 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 14 23:28:25 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1ZF7kW-00074e-Tu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:28:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33048 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZF7kV-00048z-NU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZF7kS-00048R-35 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:28:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZF7kO-0000Ym-Nl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46311) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZF7kO-0000Ya-GI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:28:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZF7kL-00072R-GX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:28:13 +0200 Original-Received: from tsn109-201-154-143.dyn.nltelcom.net ([109.201.154.143]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:28:13 +0200 Original-Received: from rasmus by tsn109-201-154-143.dyn.nltelcom.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:28:13 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: tsn109-201-154-143.dyn.nltelcom.net Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwCAAAAAByaaZbAAAAAmJLR0QA/4ePzL8AAAAJcEhZ cwAAAEgAAABIAEbJaz4AAAEySURBVEjH7ZXRbcMwDETNhW4T7sJJuAtH4Tj31w8jEanIkAoU7U+F AGYUvfDuLMuXfHNcvwwA7w8EmOoZgGUyk0wmM+8LRx3ogHE3vAKI7XpaBQ7WN0lBMtxUVTV4X3up zbSRqfJuhleZo2yx6qufiAhGXcoGIO8A7qHji9b5AjijzMSdhoiIrwEwS2NkFgu2ApxaJmy0A9sv o0Ob9Wohsd2tyPGvfgIoR/TB3D8PJTFkS28NgNXCAWAlGDsBovj0A6CpiAPAiwXkHkAWCyeAsVgA ub1xTfUBoCwWRMmHzVctlxX6PiiegEmDsjVcAM4WyxZAdgng0vV0VKLflIXrASTZ9v8N+CNgH6HE UlM/jKene6XpqgJi3rrdVZcU9XgdLezRA8w+EjHXP3+L/gM/BHwBRqZ1peGC4k8AAAAASUVORK5C YII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MJxTpJlBUmSz9Pcd6xqgqx2LuJY= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:187872 Archived-At: Yuri D'Elia writes: > This could be accomplished with a Package-Suggests header, with exactly > the same format as Package-Requires. package.el would just need to > present this information in the package description page, for the user > to inspect. But for optional dependencies you'd want to know what you get when installing more stuff, also within the package manager. So there should also be a one line summary of what the dependency adds (this is how pacman works; I don't remember how verbose apt is). Rasmus -- Spil noget med Slayer!