Re: Adding Emms to ELPA (take 2), and a technical question

[Yoni Rabkin]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

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>   > Iʼd take a look at 'pdf-tools', it both compiles C-code and installs
>   > necessary packages using 'apt-get' and similar.
>
> That is an undesirable practice: it turns package installation into
> something users won't keep track of.
>
> (Secondary practical issue: to succeed in running apt-get it would
> have to run as root, I think.)

I won't be able to speak to what pdf-tools is doing until I have a close
look. I may write back in once I've had a look at pdf-tools and
understand the process. It may be easier to decide once we have that
information.

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