From: alex <current@protonmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: johnw@gnu.org, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Option to not automatically customize-save-variable `package-selected-packages'
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:15:41 -0500 [thread overview]
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> Wouldn't that hamper the operation of package.el next time it is
> invoked in a new Emacs session?
It depends on how the variable is being used, I suppose. There is a function `package-install-selected-packages' that may be used to install packages from this list if it's not empty.
However, many people may choose not to use this functionality as they are used to or prefer other methods (such as use-package, which I find much better). If one doesn't use this function (or `package-autoremove'), then there's no need to save it.
So I don't believe that the persistence of the list is necessary for all users. It could save some time for it to calculate the default, which is why saving it could be somewhat useful in some cases.
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Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-17 9:27 Option to not automatically customize-save-variable `package-selected-packages' Angelo Graziosi
2016-02-17 23:05 ` John Wiegley
2016-02-18 1:04 ` Angelo Graziosi
2016-02-18 1:43 ` Artur Malabarba
2016-02-18 16:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-18 17:28 ` Colin Baxter
2016-02-18 17:35 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-02-18 18:06 ` Artur Malabarba
2016-02-18 18:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-18 20:34 ` Joost Kremers
2016-02-18 21:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-18 21:49 ` Joost Kremers
2016-02-19 9:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-19 9:47 ` Angelo Graziosi
2016-02-19 13:04 ` Artur Malabarba
2016-02-19 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-19 18:29 ` Artur Malabarba
2016-02-19 18:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-19 19:05 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-02-19 20:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-21 23:56 ` Joost Kremers
2016-02-22 0:10 ` John Wiegley
2016-02-22 3:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-22 21:00 ` Bastian Beischer
2016-02-19 4:18 ` alex
2016-02-19 9:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-19 21:15 ` alex [this message]
2016-02-20 7:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-18 18:25 ` Mechanisms to persist information (Re: Option to not automatically customize-save-variable `package-selected-packages') Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-02-18 18:54 ` Mechanisms to persist information Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-18 19:22 ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2016-02-20 2:17 ` Mechanisms to persist information (Re: Option to not automatically customize-save-variable `package-selected-packages') John Wiegley
2016-02-20 4:44 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2016-02-18 18:45 ` Option to not automatically customize-save-variable `package-selected-packages' John Wiegley
2016-02-19 4:17 ` alex
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2016-02-19 9:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-19 22:55 ` alex
2016-02-20 8:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-03-05 0:40 ` alex
2016-02-18 16:19 ` raman
2016-02-18 18:55 ` Angelo Graziosi
2016-02-18 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2016-02-17 3:39 Option to not automatically customize-save-variable `package-selected-packages'? alex
2016-02-17 4:10 ` John Wiegley
2016-02-17 10:02 ` Artur Malabarba
2016-02-18 16:52 ` Aaron Ecay
2016-02-17 12:43 ` Joost Kremers
2016-02-17 10:14 ` Colin Baxter
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