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: some feedback on package.el changes Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 23:40:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87egzmrc1g.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <87ppj6rhyo.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400712039 22914 80.91.229.3 (21 May 2014 22:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 22:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 22 00:40:32 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 1WnFBX-00075K-E6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 May 2014 00:40:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33915 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnFBW-0000AE-HA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 May 2014 18:40:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54551) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnFBN-00006d-0c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2014 18:40:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnFBH-0000Zn-43 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2014 18:40:20 -0400 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:34310 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnFBG-0000YK-Ut for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2014 18:40:15 -0400 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 5F5DFAC068B; Thu, 22 May 2014 00:47:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F5860289; Wed, 21 May 2014 23:40:11 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 21 May 2014 17:00:42 -0400") 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:172007 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > There was no API (package.el was only meant to provide a UI). > As an API it was fundamentally broken (and probably is to some extent), > so there was no way to fix the API without breaking compatibility (and > compatibility will probably need to be broken again when the remaining > problems get fixed). Yeah. I thought that you would say that. Nic Ferrier