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In <87aa19dqpc.fsf@notengoamigos.org> Jason Earl <jearl@notengoamigos.org> writes:

>On Tue, May 15 2012, kj wrote:

>> Is there a shorter distance between wish and reality here?

>Emacs 24 will come complete with package.el.  This allows you to add
>repositories of packages (it comes with elpa.gnu.org by default) and
>install by simply selecting them from a list.

Okay, as of now it looks like one cannot add any other repos; the
doc says:

    ;; This code supports a single package repository, ELPA.

ELPA is still tiny, though it has a few interesting-looking items
in it.  Thanks for the pointer, anyway.  Looking forward to Emacs
24!