Re: Integrating package.el

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:19:56 -0700 Tom Tromey <address@hidden> wrote: 

>>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
Ted> I would like to at least show a message or offer a prompt (answering 'y'
Ted> launches the assistant), is that possible?  If not that's OK.

Tom> It is sort of possible.

Tom> You can do anything you like in an autoload.  These will be evaluated
Tom> when the package is activated, which does happen when the package is
Tom> installed.

Tom> I think this would be pretty unfriendly to users, though.  For example,
Tom> what if the user installs several packages at once?

OK, if it doesn't fit with the package.el flow, let's drop it.  Stefan
and Reiner are also not crazy about the idea so it's probably a bad one
:)

I'll make the assistant run on the first Gnus startup.  There's several
other issues I raised, but at least this one can be safely ignored.

Ted