From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Cc: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 14bb519: * lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: New "external" package status
Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 14:17:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv3838tfru.fsf-monnier+emacsdiffs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1YqNUr-0001A9-UH@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> (Artur Malabarba's message of "Thu, 07 May 2015 15:13:58 +0000")
> An external package is any installed package that's not built-in
> and not from `package-user-dir', which usually means it's from an
> entry in `package-directory-list'. They are treated much like
> built-in packages, in that they cannot be through the Package Menu
> deleted and are not considered for upgrades.
Good, thanks. I'd call them "system packages", tho. And we should
allow the user to install another version on top of it.
Stefan
next parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-07 18:17 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <E1YqNUr-0001A9-UH@vcs.savannah.gnu.org>
2015-05-07 18:17 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2015-05-07 18:47 ` [Emacs-diffs] master 14bb519: * lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: New "external" package status Artur Malabarba
2015-05-07 19:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-05-07 19:30 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-05-08 3:32 ` Stefan Monnier
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