From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:34:59 +0000 Message-ID: <87egt9ifp8.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415741725 10773 80.91.229.3 (11 Nov 2014 21:35:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:35:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Robert Dallas Gray Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 22:35:19 2014 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 1XoJ5q-0003ZZ-D0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:35:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50776 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoJ5q-0005sR-0S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:35:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33647) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoJ5g-0005qp-Ld for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:35:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoJ5a-0002EJ-Ep for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:35:08 -0500 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:55757 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoJ5a-00029E-8e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:35:02 -0500 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EBF9AAC0498; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:53:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 89EB96BA00; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:34:59 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: (Robert Dallas Gray's message of "Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:55:37 +0000") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 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:176783 Archived-At: Robert Dallas Gray writes: > But from the point of view of testability, at least, I've had success > with using the Cask/epl/servant ecosystem to develop a package, and a > set of integration tests which work across several Emacs versions (not > so trivial). So I'll throw my hat in the ring for something like Cask > and something on top of it like Pallet, even if it's neither of those > actual things. This is something elpakit doesn't try and do, facilitate testing across emacs-versions. Cask will let you install various versions of emacs and test on them. Nic