From: Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol@posteo.net>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proposal for 'package-isolate' command
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:07:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1edk2ujee.fsf@Neds-iPhone.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pm3mgj8d.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:34:42 +0000")
Hi Philip,
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
> How about this patch, that will use a temporary directory when
> `package-isolate' is invoked with a prefix argument (not sure what the
> default should be, I guess reusing `user-emacs-directory' is less
> surprising):
I'm again looking forward to trying this out, I think it could be
helpful for testing the Compat integration I'm working on for a package
of mine. I also again have a couple of minor suggestions around
documentation:
> (defun package--dependencies (pkg)
> - "Return a list of all dependencies PKG has.
> -This is done recursively."
> - ;; Can we have circular dependencies? Assume "nope".
> - (when-let* ((desc (cadr (assq pkg package-archive-contents)))
> - (deps (mapcar #'car (package-desc-reqs desc))))
> - (delete-dups (apply #'nconc deps (mapcar #'package--dependencies deps)))))
> + "Return a list of all recursive dependencies of PKG.
I'd say "transitive" rather than "recursive" dependencies, because I
think a recursive dependency is more commonly used to refer to a case in
which a package (or library, etc.) depends on itself.
> +If PKG is a package descriptor, the return value will consist of
> +a list of package descriptors. If PKG is a symbol, designating a
> +package, the return value will be a list of symbols designating
> +packages."
Personally, I find the future tense less clear than the present tense
when describing deterministic software behavior. So usually I prefer it
when the docs say what the program "does", not what it "will do". In
this case that be "if PKG is a package descriptor, the return value is a
list of package descriptors..."
Best,
Eshel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-17 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-07 7:57 Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-07 13:30 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-07 18:19 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-07 20:33 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08 4:33 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-08 5:52 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08 6:17 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-15 16:55 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-15 17:34 ` Eshel Yaron
2023-08-15 19:39 ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 10:53 ` Adam Porter
2023-08-15 18:56 ` Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-15 19:52 ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 11:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-16 18:48 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 6:51 ` Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-16 10:10 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 10:14 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-16 11:03 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 11:55 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-16 18:34 ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 18:49 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-08-16 19:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 5:30 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 8:34 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 9:07 ` Eshel Yaron [this message]
2023-08-17 14:19 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 13:32 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 14:04 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 14:15 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 13:56 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 14:18 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-17 14:28 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-17 18:17 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-18 4:57 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-18 5:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-18 7:49 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-18 12:43 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-18 18:34 ` Adding package and package-vc to ELPA Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-19 10:26 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 6:40 ` Proposal for 'package-isolate' command Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 7:51 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-20 16:06 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 18:41 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-20 19:15 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 20:24 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-20 20:28 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-16 14:10 ` Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-16 18:52 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08 6:01 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-08 6:34 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-08 16:37 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-08 16:41 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-09 7:06 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-09 11:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-09 14:53 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-09 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-09 15:24 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-09 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-09 3:47 ` Richard Stallman
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