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: package.el: soft dependencies? Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:32:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1436995467 4299 80.91.229.3 (15 Jul 2015 21:24:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:24:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Yuri D'Elia" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 15 23:24:17 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 1ZFUA2-0004VN-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:24:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37547 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFUA1-0005Z3-Ni for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:24:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54341) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFU9l-0005Yv-Ty for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:23:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFU9h-000329-Uc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:23:57 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:41932) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFU9h-00031e-Ne for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:23:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id t6FLNmW0004389; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:23:49 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9CCDCAE286; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:32:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Yuri D'Elia's message of "Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:53:32 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Level: X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0.2 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered GEN_SPAM_FEATRE=0.2, RV5368=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9393 : core <5368> : inlines <3399> : streams <1472278> : uri <1986398> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 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:187887 Archived-At: > This could be accomplished with a Package-Suggests header, with exactly > the same format as Package-Requires. package.el would just need to > present this information in the package description page, for the user > to inspect. Sounds good to me. Stefan