From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Adding BBDB to Emacs core
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 17:32:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lgdbz1p1.fsf@russet.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADB4rJEEnQsDFNByP2rEFHsTwWgcYyu3Dxuxw2wDDVT19MWXEg@mail.gmail.com> (Radon Rosborough's message of "Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:04:32 -0700")
Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com> writes:
>> There's a case to be made for allowing ELPA archives to exports several
>> versions of a package at the same time, so older Emacsen can still
>> install the old version of a package without having to download the old
>> version by hand.
>
> For another perspective, see also source-based package managers like
> straight.el [1], Borg [2], el-get [3], et cetera, which easily bypass
> this problem by allowing you to install any version you want, and to
> change your mind after installation.
>
> [1]: https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el
> [2]: https://github.com/emacscollective/borg
> [3]: https://github.com/dimitri/el-get
More than I knew about. Replacing package.el would indeed be a way
forward (although you'd need to run both in parallel for a while).
Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-25 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-14 5:54 RFC: Adding BBDB to Emacs core Thomas Fitzsimmons
2018-04-14 12:24 ` Joshua Branson
2018-04-14 22:06 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-04-14 22:46 ` Joshua Branson
2018-04-15 6:18 ` Bozhidar Batsov
2018-04-16 5:21 ` John Wiegley
2018-04-16 14:53 ` Thomas Fitzsimmons
2018-04-16 18:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-16 20:30 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-04-17 3:37 ` Thomas Fitzsimmons
2018-04-23 12:53 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-23 13:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-23 16:21 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-23 17:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-24 21:41 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-24 22:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-25 0:42 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-25 1:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-25 9:21 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-25 12:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-25 16:31 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-25 16:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-26 14:59 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-25 9:19 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-25 16:04 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-04-25 16:32 ` Phillip Lord [this message]
2018-04-25 16:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-25 20:16 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-04-26 15:02 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-26 16:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-27 9:57 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-27 13:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-17 3:23 ` Roland Winkler
2018-04-17 4:56 ` John Wiegley
2018-04-17 13:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-17 15:13 ` Roland Winkler
2018-04-18 23:11 ` Stephen Leake
2018-04-23 12:57 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-23 13:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-23 15:29 ` Roland Winkler
2018-04-14 22:13 ` Thomas Fitzsimmons
2018-04-14 13:34 ` Glenn Morris
2018-04-14 17:10 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-04-14 17:38 ` Thomas Fitzsimmons
2018-04-15 21:20 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-16 3:11 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2018-04-16 12:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-16 17:09 ` Achim Gratz
2018-04-16 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-16 18:14 ` Achim Gratz
2018-04-23 12:45 ` Phillip Lord
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