Re: Option to not automatically customize-save-variable `package-selected-packages'

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:15:41 -0500
> From: alex <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> It depends on how the variable is being used, I suppose. There is a function
> `package-install-selected-packages' that may be used to install packages from 
> this list if it's not empty. 
> However, many people may choose not to use this functionality as they are 
> used to or prefer other methods
> (such as use-package, which I find much better). If one doesn't use this 
> function (or `package-autoremove'),
> then there's no need to save it.
> 
> So I don't believe that the persistence of the list is necessary for all 
> users. It could save some time for it to
> calculate the default, which is why saving it could be somewhat useful in 
> some cases.

If the value can be calculated, then it doesn't need to be saved, I
agree.