Re: [PATCH 3/5] build: Add 'emacs-build-system'

[Federico Beffa]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> writes:

> Wouldn't it be better to name it "elpa-build-system" as that's what it
> is in my opinion, since it does not retrieve the source directly from
> upstream but from ELPA/MELPA/... "repositories" instead.

The build system doesn't assume anything about the source location.

>
> I imagine there may appear another build system for simple emacs
> packages (that don't provide Makefile, etc.) that will compile elisp
> files, generate autoloads and so on.  I think it will be a system that
> should be called "emacs-build-system".  WDYT?

That's what the proposed build system does. If it lacks some
functionality that you think is desirable, I think it is better to add
it here rather than adding another, almost identical, build system.

Regards,
Fede