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: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:00:30 +0000 Message-ID: <87ppcyg4rl.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415390455 30849 80.91.229.3 (7 Nov 2014 20:00:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 20:00:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 07 21:00:48 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 1XmpiB-0000Oz-L2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:00:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33716 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XmpiB-0003bn-CO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:00:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49289) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xmpi2-0003aK-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:00:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xmphw-0005iJ-2b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:00:37 -0500 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:53679 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xmphv-0005iE-Py for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:00:31 -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 6A944AC0068; Fri, 7 Nov 2014 21:18:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C6096BA00; Fri, 7 Nov 2014 20:00:30 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:45:51 -0500") 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:176557 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > `package.el' is great to install packages more easily, but it falls short > when you want to keep the same set of installed packages on various > machines, or when it's time to remove package you don't need because it > doesn't distinguish between the packages you want and those required > by those packages. > > So I'm looking for some kind soul who could extend package.el so as to > keep track of the packages that the user installed explicitly. > This should likely be kept in a custom variable. > > Then we could add a command to install all the packages listed in > that variable. And we could also write a function that deletes all > "orphan" packages. Elpakit pretty much does this already. Nic