From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 14bb519: * lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: New "external" package status Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 14:17:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20150507151357.4431.95466@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431022688 25499 80.91.229.3 (7 May 2015 18:18:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 18:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Artur Malabarba To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 07 20:17:57 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YqQMr-0000mX-9a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 20:17:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52439 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqQMq-0000hy-99 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 14:17:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43134) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqQMm-0000hq-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 14:17:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqQMj-0004Zt-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 14:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]:51066) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqQMj-0004YH-3m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 14:17:45 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77B1884839; Thu, 7 May 2015 14:17:44 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF881E5B8D; Thu, 7 May 2015 14:17:19 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D5FC8B41A0; Thu, 7 May 2015 14:17:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Artur Malabarba's message of "Thu, 07 May 2015 15:13:58 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82, MC_TSTLAST 0.00) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 132.204.24.67 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:186318 Archived-At: > 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