From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can list-packages be set up to show latest github emacs packages?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:47:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87shdm6sq6.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3412.1510321829.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:46:39 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
SM> Why should the user care so much about which protocol is used to talk to
SM> the archive?
Recipes and packages are not the same thing fundamentally.
SM> For the foreseeable future, only GNU ELPA will be in the default
SM> archives, so there's no need for a switch, since users would first have
SM> to "manually" add some other archive anyway (and probably install some
SM> third party package to add support for non-ELPA archives on top of
SM> that).
OK, but you're merging:
GNU and non-GNU ELPA package archives
el-get recipe archives
user's own el-get recipes (overriding or new)
Those are not the same thing. For instance, upgrading: do you upgrade
the *recipe definition*, or the *thing it defines* (e.g. a Git branch)?
Ted
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-05 16:44 Can list-packages be set up to show latest github emacs packages? Deric Bytes
2017-11-06 15:51 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-11-06 21:42 ` Deric Bytes
2017-11-06 23:21 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.3081.1510010496.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-11-06 23:27 ` Deric Bytes
2017-11-07 15:43 ` Kendall Shaw
2017-11-08 13:20 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-11-08 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.3225.1510148724.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-11-09 17:53 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-11-10 13:46 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.3412.1510321829.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-11-10 15:47 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2017-11-08 19:14 ` Deric Bytes
2017-11-08 19:18 ` Deric Bytes
2017-11-10 1:31 ` Deric Bytes
2017-11-10 13:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-11-10 16:34 ` Deric Bytes
2017-11-10 16:59 ` Drew Adams
2017-11-12 10:01 ` Mykola Nikishov
2017-11-12 4:27 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-11-12 5:48 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-11-10 17:06 ` Deric Bytes
2017-11-10 17:34 ` Drew Adams
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