bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

[Artur Malabarba]

Closing the bug then.

2015-12-12 19:36 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>:
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> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
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>> 2015-12-03 14:34 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>:
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>>> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
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>>>>> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
>>>>> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
>>>>> it itself defines.
>>>>
>>>> I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
>>>> negatively in any way?
>>>
>>> No, I just cannot mirror it on the Emacsmirror, but that does not really
>>> matter because I also could not mirror any other package which uses
>>> `provide-me'.  I extract metadata for all mirrored packages, including
>>> the provided features, and the respective code does not support
>>> `provide-me'.  I don't intend to support that form until at least halve
>>> a dozen packages use it.
>>
>> Well, I couldn't find a package Gelpa or Melpa that uses it. So I
>> think it's not really a big deal either way. =P
>
> Yeah, I'll deal with it when the need arises.