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 dependencies Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:13:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87wq4dpqib.fsf@gmail.com> <87wq44su8v.fsf@gmail.com> <878ugj7ajz.fsf@gmail.com> <874mr67gjb.fsf@gmail.com> <87oapervqv.fsf@gmail.com> <877fw2kp1y.fsf@gmail.com> <87d25tps2q.fsf@gmail.com> <87egq83veh.fsf@gmail.com> <87oapbegtp.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422940455 6675 80.91.229.3 (3 Feb 2015 05:14:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 05:14:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, emacs-devel To: Thierry Volpiatto Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 03 06:14:10 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 1YIVoP-0001Nj-Vx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:14:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57792 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIVoP-00045c-4R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:14:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43568) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIVoA-00045M-Nj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:13:55 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIVo5-0001Os-Kx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:13:54 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:25332) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIVo5-0001Om-HE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:13:49 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au0IAOwQflQYjOP5/2dsb2JhbABbgweDYIVaxSMCgSUWAQEBAQEBfIQDAQEDAXkFCwsNJxIUGDGISgnWWQEBAQcCAR+QIU4HhEgFiwGMVQWMF401hBkhgncBAQE X-IPAS-Result: Au0IAOwQflQYjOP5/2dsb2JhbABbgweDYIVaxSMCgSUWAQEBAQEBfIQDAQEDAXkFCwsNJxIUGDGISgnWWQEBAQcCAR+QIU4HhEgFiwGMVQWMF401hBkhgncBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.07,502,1413259200"; d="scan'208";a="109518592" Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ceviche.home) ([24.140.227.249]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 03 Feb 2015 00:13:47 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 21B346616B; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 00:13:47 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87oapbegtp.fsf@gmail.com> (Thierry Volpiatto's message of "Tue, 03 Feb 2015 05:53:38 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 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:182308 Archived-At: > At first I had the same idea, but after I thought it was calling two time > custom-save-varaible for nothing (i.e one time to remove the package and > on time to add it again), so I think it is better to just delete the > package without removing it from the list. 200% agreement, especially in case power goes out in the middle. > apt-get is sending a message when running install saying "x packages are > no more needed, remove them with apt-get autoremove", I think this would > be enough. I tend to completely overlook those messages, so I prefer aptitude which removes them for me. But yes, a prompt is OK, and in the end, either behavior is acceptable. Stefan