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: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:53:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wp2z72zv.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3225.1510148724.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:43:36 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> Oh. So you want el-get but those get-recipes to be maintained for you. I
>> would talk to the el-get maintainers.
SM> I think another part of the request makes sense: integrate this with
SM> package.el. I.e. package.el could provide some way to hook in non-ELPA
SM> sources of packages (including browsing them via list-packages and
SM> installing/ activating them).
I agree, but it would have to be clearly separated, so users are not
thinking those are ELPA-style packages. Maybe a separate section?
On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 11:14:29 -0800 (PST) Deric Bytes <dericbytes@gmail.com> wrote:
DB> I just meant there was a list of known packages from trusted git sources to browse. El-get already supplies a list like this. So the backend could just use that list.
I'd talk to the el-get maintainers. They can suggest how `list-packages'
could be extended or maybe a new command `list-recipes'.
DB> I would like the ability to look at the recipe and change it. If a change is
DB> made then the default recipe would be copied to a user specified recipe and then
DB> overshadow the default one, so that on doing an update my config is still in
DB> tact.
This makes sense, but can get unpleasantly complicated. I'm not sure
most users want it.
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-09 17:53 UTC|newest]
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 [this message]
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
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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