From: Nic Ferrier <nferrier@ferrier.me.uk>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:17:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k330gj1x.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvy4rhbe6b.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:53:29 -0500")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> Ah, that's where you're going. I kind of like the idea, but I don't
> like the idea of editing the content of packages in ~/.emacs.d/elpa
> (even if only for some "special" packages like "user-package").
You don't edit that. You edit the source somewhere else and then
automatically install it.
I'd suggest that the package could be constructed automatically every
time. If the necessary data is kept in a customize variable anyway it
doesn't matter about the package source.
It only matters that a package is a good way to load other packages.
Nic
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-12 22:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-07 13:45 package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal Stefan Monnier
2014-11-07 14:12 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-07 19:50 ` joakim
2014-11-08 4:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-10 14:55 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-10 17:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-10 20:27 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-10 21:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-10 22:02 ` package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal) Nic Ferrier
2014-11-10 23:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 2:53 ` Drew Adams
2014-11-11 11:41 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 16:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-11 17:17 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 17:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-11 16:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:15 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-11 17:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-11 18:04 ` David Kastrup
2014-11-12 3:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-12 6:48 ` David Kastrup
2014-11-11 17:27 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 18:20 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-12 16:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 17:00 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-12 17:51 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 20:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 21:39 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 22:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 23:01 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 23:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-13 1:09 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-13 5:06 ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-13 14:59 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-15 17:09 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-15 18:20 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-16 3:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-13 8:18 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-11-13 10:53 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-13 14:54 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-14 11:04 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-14 22:56 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 18:15 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-12 22:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-13 20:21 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-12 13:05 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-11 13:30 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-11 14:12 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 16:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:13 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-12 16:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 17:02 ` Stephen Leake
2014-11-12 17:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-10 21:37 ` package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 1:29 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-11 2:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 2:59 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-11 3:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 12:44 ` Phillip Lord
2014-11-11 13:31 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 11:31 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 16:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-11 17:10 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 19:36 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-11 20:40 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-11 21:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 22:17 ` Nic Ferrier [this message]
2014-11-12 22:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-12 23:26 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-13 0:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-07 20:00 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-08 4:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-08 23:18 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-09 3:17 ` Stefan Monnier
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-11-11 20:55 Robert Dallas Gray
2014-11-11 21:34 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-13 10:46 ` Phillip Lord
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