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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add emacs-emms-player-mpv.
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add emacs-emms-player-mpv. |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:39:59 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> Ricardo Wurmus (2016-06-29 08:45 +0300) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Guix,
>>>>
>>>> I think we need to rename the “emms” package to “emacs-emms”. (This is
>>>> what
>>>> the first patch does.) Currently, the emacs-build-system will only add to
>>>> the
>>>> Emacs “load-path” the “site-lisp” directories of packages that start with
>>>> “emacs-”. I think it may be necessary to relax this requirement for cases
>>>> in
>>>> which a non-Emacs package provides an Emacs mode.
>>>
>>> I agree! I also think this check for "emacs-" is not needed.
>>>
>>>> In the case of “emms”,
>>>> however, I think renaming it is justified.
>>>
>>> I agree, but note that there was a discussion about renaming all emacs
>>> packages (geiser, magit, etc.) and making alisases for the old names:
>>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00316.html>
>>
>> A year later, it still looks like a good idea. :-)
>>
>> Damn it, we should do something about it.
>
> I’ll add it to my list in the hope that I can mark it DONE without
> having to implement it myself :) This is how things often go as far as
> Guix is concerned.
:-)
> Do you want me to define an alias for “emms” now in the manner you
> suggested in your email from 2015? Or should this be done once the UI
> supports dealing with deprecated packages?
Once the UI is done. Currently this would have no effect.
Ludo’.