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Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs
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Philip Kaludercic |
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Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs |
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Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:53:14 +0000 |
João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:57 PM Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
>> We can just start slowly and see whether any problems occur.
>
>> The main point here is to be able to put things that are in core into
>> ELPA, too.
>
> Right. And so if this is the goal (and given that I also agree to
> "start slow"), why not have more :core ELPA packages?
> Say subr-x.el, as an example. It has no dependencies. Why
> not make it a :core package right now? Then other ELPA packages
> could just rely on it. Or pp.el, or any other util-rich package which
> has no dependencies.
This might work for subr-x and other elisp packages (in which case these
could just be added as dependencies to the effectively virtual package
compat).
On the other hand: If the functions are implemented in C, then they have
to be replicated some other way. And this doesn't just apply to
length{<,=,>}, string-distance, etc. but any function that might end up
using them down the call stack.
In principle, these two approaches can be merged, but I have the
impression that this would be more complicated
--
Philip Kaludercic
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, (continued)
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs,
Philip Kaludercic <=
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/22
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/22
Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/09/21
Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/21
Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2021/09/21