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From: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx@thregr.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: package.el: soft dependencies?
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:53:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mo3ssc$fnl$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)

Several packages support additional features when certain other packages
are also installed, but right now the list of additional packages which
are not strict dependencies are "buried" in the commentary.

I know I do the same: I only put strict dependencies in Package-Requires.

I'd love to be able to add and read about "soft" dependencies when
browsing for packages (just like Debian's Suggests).

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.

What do other people think?




             reply	other threads:[~2015-07-14 20:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-14 20:53 Yuri D'Elia [this message]
2015-07-14 21:28 ` package.el: soft dependencies? Rasmus
2015-07-14 21:52   ` Yuri D'Elia
2015-07-14 22:03     ` Yuri D'Elia
2015-07-15 10:06       ` Artur Malabarba
2015-07-15 15:09         ` Bozhidar Batsov
2015-07-14 23:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-07-16 11:35   ` Artur Malabarba
2015-07-16 12:23     ` Tassilo Horn

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