From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
To: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at>,
Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in>
Cc: 48331@debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#48331: Emacs' describe-package doesn't work for packages managed by guix
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 16:09:19 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1i1zo2w.fsf@systemreboot.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tumxzoey.fsf@systemreboot.net>
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>> [Adding Arun Isaac to CC. Their commit d8796851 is the first one to
>> drop -pkg.el, but without explanation.]
>
> Commit d8796851 was an attempt to not install too many unnecessary files
> and be closer to how MELPA packaged emacs packages. See
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-04/msg00274.html for
> the detailed discussion.
In other words, no particular thought was given to -pkg.el. It was
simply dropped along with many other files. So, if consensus is reached
that keeping -pkg.el is a good idea, there is no reason to not do that.
Cheers!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-20 10:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-10 7:51 bug#48331: Emacs' describe-package doesn't work for packages managed by guix Andrew Tropin
2021-05-11 10:05 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-11 15:57 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-11 16:33 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-11 18:55 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-11 19:57 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-19 14:32 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-19 15:08 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-19 17:58 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-19 18:42 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-20 10:01 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-20 10:20 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-20 10:32 ` Arun Isaac
2021-05-20 10:39 ` Arun Isaac [this message]
2021-05-20 11:13 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-20 12:24 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-20 15:57 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-22 3:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2021-12-03 20:46 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2021-12-06 4:52 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-12-30 8:12 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-11 21:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-19 14:41 ` Andrew Tropin
2021-05-22 12:54 ` bug#48331: [PATCH 1/2] build-system: emacs: Keep -pkg.el files Leo Prikler
2021-05-22 12:54 ` bug#48331: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: emacs: Load package descriptors from packages referenced by subdirs.el Leo Prikler
2021-05-25 13:40 ` bug#48331: [PATCH draft] build-system: emacs: Generate -pkg.el file in case it is missing Andrew Tropin
2021-05-25 15:07 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-26 8:15 ` bug#48331: [PATCH] guix: build: emacs-build-system: Make package.el aware of guix packages Ivan Sokolov
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