Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 22.04.2020 06:19, Richard Stallman wrote:
> What is "a package shipped with Emacs", if it does not mean "a part of
> Emacs"?  Is there such a thing?  What does "shipped with" mean here?

eglot is currently distributed via GNU ELPA, so it itself is one 'M-x 
package-install' away.

> Anyway, the general idea of package installation in the GNU/Linux
> distros I know about is that the_user_  decides when to install a
> package.  One package (such as Emacs) has no business trying to
> install another package.

I think this conundrum is easily solved with a yes/no prompt.