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From: Alex <agrambot@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Sebastian Wiesner <lunaryorn@gmail.com>, 14967@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:06:18 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k2et39vp.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwviozs9lks.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:21:44 -0400")

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Well, obviously I consider this behavior a bug.  Trash is no place for
>> deleted packages.  I mean, does apt-get remove use the Trash?!
>
> I think the reasoning goes as follows:
> Emacs uses "trash" when deleting a file upon the user's request (as
> opposed to things like temp files used internally).
>
>
>         Stefan

Could there perhaps be a separate configuration option for deleting
packages versus trashing them? I usually like Emacs using the trash, but
I don't see a reason why packages should go there myself.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-09-03  4:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-27 10:30 bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing? Sebastian Wiesner
2013-07-29 22:02 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-30 10:51   ` Sebastian Wiesner
2013-07-30 14:21     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-30 14:40       ` Sebastian Wiesner
2013-07-30 15:14         ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-05 23:40           ` npostavs
2016-09-03  4:06       ` Alex [this message]
2017-06-11 23:58         ` npostavs
2017-06-12  3:26           ` Alex
2017-06-12 14:27             ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 16:03               ` Glenn Morris
2017-06-12 16:33                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 16:56                   ` Glenn Morris
2017-06-12 17:02                     ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-14  2:54                       ` Richard Stallman
2017-06-12 17:04                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 17:17                       ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-12 19:45                         ` Alex
2017-06-12 20:32                           ` Glenn Morris
2017-06-13  3:50                             ` Alex
2017-06-19 18:47                             ` Glenn Morris
2017-06-12 19:37               ` Alex

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