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bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature
From: |
Artur Malabarba |
Subject: |
bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature |
Date: |
Thu, 3 Dec 2015 15:41:16 +0000 |
2015-12-03 14:34 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>:
>
> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
>>> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
>>> it itself defines.
>>
>> I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
>> negatively in any way?
>
> No, I just cannot mirror it on the Emacsmirror, but that does not really
> matter because I also could not mirror any other package which uses
> `provide-me'. I extract metadata for all mirrored packages, including
> the provided features, and the respective code does not support
> `provide-me'. I don't intend to support that form until at least halve
> a dozen packages use it.
Well, I couldn't find a package Gelpa or Melpa that uses it. So I
think it's not really a big deal either way. =P