bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

[Jonas Bernoulli]

The following Elpa packages do not provide a feature: `ada-ref-man',
`transcribe', and `uni-confusables'.  I believe all packages should
contain a library which provides the appropriate feature.

`transcribe' additionally violates many other conventions.  The various
section headers lack the space after the semicolons.  Not a single
symbol is properly prefixed or documented.  It should probably be
removed.

`load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
it itself defines.  I cannot really see what's so great about being
able to write `(provide-me)' instead of `(provide 'the-feature)', but
some people obviously thought it that was a good idea.  Anyway, should
`load-relative' itself really use `provide-me'?

bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

[Artur Malabarba]

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On 29 Nov 2015 7:34 pm, "Jonas Bernoulli" <jonas@bernoul.li> wrote:
>
> The following Elpa packages do not provide a feature: `ada-ref-man',
> `transcribe', and `uni-confusables'.  I believe all packages should
> contain a library which provides the appropriate feature.
>
> `transcribe' additionally violates many other conventions.  The various
> section headers lack the space after the semicolons.  Not a single
> symbol is properly prefixed or documented.  It should probably be
> removed.

I believe Stefan fixed the lack of a provide. And the author has been
notified of other issues as well.

> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
> it itself defines.

I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
negatively in any way?

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bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

[Jonas Bernoulli]

Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:

>> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
>> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
>> it itself defines.
>
> I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
> negatively in any way?

No, I just cannot mirror it on the Emacsmirror, but that does not really
matter because I also could not mirror any other package which uses
`provide-me'.  I extract metadata for all mirrored packages, including
the provided features, and the respective code does not support
`provide-me'.  I don't intend to support that form until at least halve
a dozen packages use it.

bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

[Artur Malabarba]

2015-12-03 14:34 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>:
>
> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
>>> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
>>> it itself defines.
>>
>> I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
>> negatively in any way?
>
> No, I just cannot mirror it on the Emacsmirror, but that does not really
> matter because I also could not mirror any other package which uses
> `provide-me'.  I extract metadata for all mirrored packages, including
> the provided features, and the respective code does not support
> `provide-me'.  I don't intend to support that form until at least halve
> a dozen packages use it.

Well, I couldn't find a package Gelpa or Melpa that uses it. So I
think it's not really a big deal either way. =P

bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

[Jonas Bernoulli]

Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:

> 2015-12-03 14:34 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>:
>>
>> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
>>>> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
>>>> it itself defines.
>>>
>>> I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
>>> negatively in any way?
>>
>> No, I just cannot mirror it on the Emacsmirror, but that does not really
>> matter because I also could not mirror any other package which uses
>> `provide-me'.  I extract metadata for all mirrored packages, including
>> the provided features, and the respective code does not support
>> `provide-me'.  I don't intend to support that form until at least halve
>> a dozen packages use it.
>
> Well, I couldn't find a package Gelpa or Melpa that uses it. So I
> think it's not really a big deal either way. =P

Yeah, I'll deal with it when the need arises.

bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

[Artur Malabarba]

Closing the bug then.

2015-12-12 19:36 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>:
>
> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 2015-12-03 14:34 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>:
>>>
>>> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
>>>>> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
>>>>> it itself defines.
>>>>
>>>> I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
>>>> negatively in any way?
>>>
>>> No, I just cannot mirror it on the Emacsmirror, but that does not really
>>> matter because I also could not mirror any other package which uses
>>> `provide-me'.  I extract metadata for all mirrored packages, including
>>> the provided features, and the respective code does not support
>>> `provide-me'.  I don't intend to support that form until at least halve
>>> a dozen packages use it.
>>
>> Well, I couldn't find a package Gelpa or Melpa that uses it. So I
>> think it's not really a big deal either way. =P
>
> Yeah, I'll deal with it when the need arises.