From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: 29/88: gnu: Add emacs-let-alist. Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 20:11:51 +0300 Message-ID: <87muxbwfu0.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20180502172100.16240.36842@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20180502172109.5B497204D2@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <87zi1gtuwg.fsf@gmail.com> <87tvro6k7d.fsf@gmail.com> <87wowj5k76.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9hssoz8.fsf@gmail.com> <87wowg3cq3.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40607) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFjg6-0004li-8e for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2018 13:11:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFjg3-0004VJ-1z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2018 13:11:58 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-x235.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::235]:43465) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFjg2-0004Uk-R8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2018 13:11:54 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-x235.google.com with SMTP id g12-v6so41702675lfb.10 for ; Mon, 07 May 2018 10:11:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87wowg3cq3.fsf@gmail.com> (Oleg Pykhalov's message of "Sun, 06 May 2018 20:39:32 +0300") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Oleg Pykhalov Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Oleg Pykhalov (2018-05-06 20:39 +0300) wrote: > Alex Kost writes: > > [=E2=80=A6] > >> I don't understand what mechanism you mean. Why it cannot simply be >> removed? > > =E2=80=98guix import elpa=E2=80=99 should remove =E2=80=98let-alist=E2=80= =99 or =E2=80=98guix lint=E2=80=99 should > notify =E2=80=98let-alist=E2=80=99 is already present in current Emacs. I don't think we should bother about it. Potentially, there always may be some packages in ELPA that are kept there just for backward compatibility (i.e., for the older versions of Emacs). I really think it is unnecessary to keep track of such packages and treat them specially on the Guix side. >>> =E2=80=98let-alist=E2=80=99 >>> shouln't clutter much if it stays in Guix package collection for a time. >> >> But why should it stay? Since Emacs includes it, and it is not a >> dependency for any package, I don't see a reason to keep it. > > Because people will not package it again until Guix =E2=80=98import=E2=80= =99 or =E2=80=98lint=E2=80=99 > handle =E2=80=98let-alist=E2=80=99. OK, I see your point. I have an opposite opinion: I would definitely check if a package is a part of Emacs before trying to package it. And I think 'let-alist' should be removed, since it is a useless package. Anyway, if other people will not answer, I think you can do whatever seems appropriate to you. --=20 Alex