Re: Suggestion: Ace-window in Emacs core for switching windows?

[Jeremy Bryant]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> > It could be, but why is it a problem to leave it on ELPA?
>> 
>> There are deployment scenarios where users can only use the Emacs
>> provided in the distro, with no internet access for policy or security 
>> reasons.
>> In particular, that means only built-in packages, without access to the 
>> internet.
>> 
>> As I personally use ace-window, I found it lacking in that scenario.
>
> That argument can be applied to any ELPA package, can't it?
>
> AFAIU, the lack of Internet access situation is no longer important
> enough to warrant addition of packages to core.

OK, I accept that

>
> (FTR, I need to work without Internet access quite a lot, so I'm
> very much familiar with this situation and its problems.)

Good to hear