Re: finder.el UI

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:09:36 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

SM> All packages bundled with Emacs (i.e. all those found by finder.el) are
SM> already installed and activated.

>> I thought it would make sense to link what package.el will manage into
>> finder.el and other Emacs facilities, so this would no longer be true.
>> finder.el would show (clearly marked regarding their state and repo
>> origin) available, installed, and activated packages; there would also
>> be a way from there to install and activate a package, either internally
>> or through a link to the package.el UI.  Do you disagree with that
>> proposal?

SM> I'm not opposed to it, but just pointing out that currently they do
SM> things that are quite different, since finder.el lets you find things
SM> among the installed&activated packages, whereas package.el lets you find
SM> things among the nonactivated&noninstalled packages and lets you
SM> activate&|install them.

OK.  I'll delay this discussion until package.el is integrated.

SM> AFAIK the urgent thing is to add the ability to install several version
SM> of a package and then separately to choose which one to activate in
SM> a given session.
SM> And then to install package.el (the paperwork from other contributors
SM> can even come later since those contributions aren't needed for those
SM> features anyway).

I'll start on that work in my free time.

Ted