From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On Contributing To Emacs Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:30:51 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83zgoopkwb.fsf@gnu.org> <874k6wsajh.fsf@posteo.net> <87o8536fry.fsf@yahoo.com> <87lf07hn0z.fsf@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7551"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Po Lu , philipk@posteo.net, "xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions." To: Ihor Radchenko Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 26 16:31:37 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1n1VUm-0001oY-RE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:31:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60846 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n1VUl-00043p-Ra for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:31:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55916) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n1VU9-0002y8-L0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:30:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:59768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n1VU7-0006t8-6Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:30:56 -0500 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1E91D800A5; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:30:54 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id DCAC5800C0; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:30:52 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1640532652; bh=y3fshL0QldbxK+UQNgX9HwpD/TuqR+NCPnzy214T6C8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=PhX8G6PiUduYDdx0KgKdUc8Zd9HZ97WQIZOvHR0FdiKnCX2sBe3/uJ0COhM5jSQQM o+EtMg8bw6Phzfi2k9Lgi3jGo/kp/HZSgbuZvw2sQpqOfrjmS83p0T1Y8hhlU0bFUI R8AjCB9wnS+b0l7S7z75vHQnNl7GCDEWWD2QAOP7eQSJASWdsV9rU9edNGuQP6LXlG ixgktlxtNlA5m1YGmV6H6M3Km7I8WjZNwEVGrKewpntJOEbiTmC2d8SOG+2L9SZU23 LT4m2D1C0ZDWhYnG802bqilbV3+O/4JUKjXaszH3bk7oua/rwp/zB26ZC5JIEljOgS HQtDbh2pYBGYw== Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [216.154.30.173]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF82C12023C; Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:30:52 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87lf07hn0z.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:56:44 +0800") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:283333 Archived-At: >> Apart from installing packages in such a haphazard fashion, I really >> don't see what else straight.el does better than package.el. > I do see some advantages: > 1. Ability to review actual changes (commits) made in a package since > last update > 2. Ability to maintain a personal set of patches/changes to a package > while still being able to update to the latest version. 3. `C-h o` jumps to the Git-controlled source file. Stefan