From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:13:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <164484721900.31751.1453162457552427931@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <834jw33rmx.fsf@gnu.org> <87pmer0xtz.fsf@posteo.net> <83wn8z2aze.fsf@gnu.org> <878rle1i0k.fsf@posteo.net> <87ilkelc10.fsf@posteo.net> <878rl6syg8.fsf@posteo.net> <87zgdjqcu0.fsf@posteo.net> <87zgdivc3f.fsf@posteo.net> <874jvqv2u3.fsf@posteo.net> <875yg6qtbl.fsf@posteo.net> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30977"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 05 04:14:11 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1or9dJ-0007jd-VV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2022 04:14:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1or9ce-0007HH-5C; Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:13:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1or9cc-0007Gl-Q0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:13:26 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1or9cc-0004Wj-HP; Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:13:26 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=VgrIBRbFLQfrpXH+y/bJpXxm4dt9u5EBBRlzHmbcCOQ=; b=DtK0JhqBZLFG e6F4XcGbqgdjKJXrBzH2dwptT+AzxRNFtpqOzdEQyFpOGTth6P/Z1lXClUXiAKTL4JfJFqqcqs/5B SK1+0XTntjPVTchZIBwQp3UNxpcKXKkruZK9ThcFELhCK5kXEAz2KYTnnaHhrVxx2PxCYuXtNi2Mo diB8rfiLBokDNBQCe08FHoU5HayBmWrs9+u6YZm/yTbrRTi3acVDm2y0doL2sptjv8wUgTVQn1T+B NE+Pp0RmfKYSA62R06JqVGXOnWEd5ydIhDdADj499LN9IHsGeI8PrXwojF8ao0ZEBUV3UYYEZ+AWJ oMY+r+eySX4p33wOciEVnA==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1or9cb-0006wz-RD; Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:13:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Monnier on Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:09:04 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:299168 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > I think > it's rather a statement of surprise since in the very vast majority of > cases more modern VCS are so much more convenient That is a matter of opinion. Some people find git convenient -- others don't. Emacs handles all the version control systems. Please do not push downgrade its support for some of them. Use the one you prefer, but don't put pressure on people who prefer a different one. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)