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bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package
From: |
Philip Kaludercic |
Subject: |
bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package |
Date: |
Sat, 08 Apr 2023 10:41:33 +0000 |
Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth@gmail.com> writes:
> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> package-vc can check out the latest revision that bumped the version tag
>> (which is what {Non,}GNU ELPA uses to create new versions of a package),
>> you just need to call `package-vc-install' with `:last-release' as REV.
>> So the technical means are there.
>>
>> But if this is done, the question what advantage this has over just
>> installing a tarball this has? You would almost always get the same
>> code.
>
> Convenience, I suppose. You can copy your init file to a new machine,
> and it will work.
But isn't that is already given with use-package and package using
tarballs?
>> [...] All I want to understand is the motivation behind this feature
>> in the first place.
>
> One use-case is to let package developers to distribute thier packages
> without a package archive. Or more precisely, to let users conveniently
> install packages that are not in a package archive.
Hmm, I had not considered this use-case. I think that if we combine
this with falling back to :last-release by default, this could be a good
way to solve this problem.
--
Philip Kaludercic
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/07
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Felician Nemeth, 2023/04/08
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/08
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/12
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/12
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/12
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/16
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/04/16
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/17
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/04/18
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/19
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/04/22