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Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:55:34 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Pallet hooks (through advice) into package installations, plus it can
> discover the starting list of packages. It then maintains a Cask file.
OK, next question: what's a Cask file?
> So it does what you asked for at the beginning of this thread, but
> relays the actual package management to Cask.
You mean package.el isn't actually used?
> Cask manages a list of packages in an external file. It's aware of
> dependencies, repos, etc. and is quite popular for its ease of use.
"Aware of" isn't sufficient for me to understand what it does with that info.
> As Phillip Lord said, bundling Cask would remove its Python
> requirement and perhaps improve the user experience with package.el
> and the various ELPAs.
What functionality does it provide for the user (other than
auto-removal of the packages that were not explicitly installed, and
the ability to install the same set of packages, obviously)?
Stefan
- Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal), (continued)
- Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal), Nic Ferrier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal), Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal), Nic Ferrier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal), Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/12
- Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal), Stephen Leake, 2014/11/12
- Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal), Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/12
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/10
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Ted Zlatanov, 2014/11/10
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/10
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Ted Zlatanov, 2014/11/10
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Phillip Lord, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Nic Ferrier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Nic Ferrier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Nic Ferrier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Achim Gratz, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Nic Ferrier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/11
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Nic Ferrier, 2014/11/12
- Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal, Stefan Monnier, 2014/11/12