bug#63265: closed (28.3; elpa: inspector installation fails without treeviewer)

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> 28.3; elpa: inspector installation fails without treeviewer
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> Thu, 04 May 2023 14:12:56 +0300
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> The git repository for the inspector package contains two separate
> packages, inspector.el and tree-inspector.el. The main package does not
> have Package-Requires for treeview, since it does not need it. However,
> the other package included in the tarball fails to compile if treeview
> is not present.
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> The upstream author refuses to add the dependency to inspector.el,
> claiming it is a problem with elpa itself:
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> https://github.com/mmontone/emacs-inspector/pull/25
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> I think elpa should add tree-inspector* to :exclude-files and perhaps
> add tree-inspector as a separate package.
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> Re: bug#63265: 28.3; elpa: inspector installation fails without treeviewer
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> Fri, 6 Oct 2023 08:00:26 +0000
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> Henrik Ahlgren <pablo@seestieto.com> writes:
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> > The git repository for the inspector package contains two separate
> > packages, inspector.el and tree-inspector.el. The main package does not
> > have Package-Requires for treeview, since it does not need it. However,
> > the other package included in the tarball fails to compile if treeview
> > is not present.
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> > The upstream author refuses to add the dependency to inspector.el,
> > claiming it is a problem with elpa itself:
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> > https://github.com/mmontone/emacs-inspector/pull/25
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> > I think elpa should add tree-inspector* to :exclude-files and perhaps
> > add tree-inspector as a separate package.
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> I see that this package has been split in two on GNU ELPA, which has
> resolved this issue.  I'm therefore closing this bug.
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