Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add emacs-emms-player-mpv.

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Ricardo Wurmus (2016-06-29 08:45 +0300) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Guix,
>>>>
>>>> I think we need to rename the “emms” package to “emacs-emms”.  (This is what
>>>> the first patch does.)  Currently, the emacs-build-system will only add to the
>>>> Emacs “load-path” the “site-lisp” directories of packages that start with
>>>> “emacs-”.  I think it may be necessary to relax this requirement for cases in
>>>> which a non-Emacs package provides an Emacs mode.
>>>
>>> I agree!  I also think this check for "emacs-" is not needed.
>>>
>>>> In the case of “emms”,
>>>> however, I think renaming it is justified.
>>>
>>> I agree, but note that there was a discussion about renaming all emacs
>>> packages (geiser, magit, etc.) and making alisases for the old names:
>>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00316.html>
>>
>> A year later, it still looks like a good idea.  :-)
>>
>> Damn it, we should do something about it.
>
> I’ll add it to my list in the hope that I can mark it DONE without
> having to implement it myself :)  This is how things often go as far as
> Guix is concerned.

:-)

> Do you want me to define an alias for “emms” now in the manner you
> suggested in your email from 2015?  Or should this be done once the UI
> supports dealing with deprecated packages?

Once the UI is done.  Currently this would have no effect.

Ludo’.