Question about package dependencies from github

Question about package dependencies from github

[Daniel Fleischer]

Hi all, I'm developing a package. It depends on several other packages,
some of them aren't in melpa and/or are my own fork in github with some
modifications. What is the current convention in terms of introducing
them in a package?

I'm using quelpa + use-package in the form of:

(use-package X
   :quelpa (X :fetcher github
              :repo "daniel/X"))

But even without use-package I can have

(quelpa '(X :fetcher github :repo "daniel/X"))

Maybe something else like el-get? Or maybe just put all the packages in
the project as git submodules?

-- 
Daniel Fleischer

Re: Question about package dependencies from github

[Jean Louis]

* Daniel Fleischer <danflscr@gmail.com> [2023-01-13 14:13]:
> Hi all, I'm developing a package. It depends on several other packages,
> some of them aren't in melpa and/or are my own fork in github with some
> modifications. What is the current convention in terms of introducing
> them in a package?
> 
> I'm using quelpa + use-package in the form of:
> 
> (use-package X
>    :quelpa (X :fetcher github
>               :repo "daniel/X"))
> 
> But even without use-package I can have
> 
> (quelpa '(X :fetcher github :repo "daniel/X"))
> 
> Maybe something else like el-get? Or maybe just put all the packages in
> the project as git submodules?

How I see it, you should read this:

(info "(elisp) Packaging Basics")

And then use

(require 'other-package-1)
(require 'other-package-2)

and that is all.

You should not make your package download other packages, that is
something you leave to users. 

Or as another option:
---------------------

You are free to mix other people's works in your work, as long as you
comply with free licenses. In that case you do not need to make
dependencies on other people's packages.

-- 
Jean

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