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Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package
From: |
Payas Relekar |
Subject: |
Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package |
Date: |
Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:59:14 +0530 |
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mu4e 1.8.11; emacs 29.0.50 |
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
> What are we trying to find? From what I know use-package is already a
> very mature package, written by very capable people. I expect most of
> the changes to be made after use-package.el has been added to the core.
>
>> Ultimate aim here is to make use-package to emacs.git, so users have
>> use-package available without any effort. ELPA is just a step in that
>> direction.
>>
>> 1 -> 2 -> 3 is also how Eglot went about and it worked quite well for it.
>
> Yes, but the arrow between points 2 and 3 would have to be pretty long.
> Eglot was an ELPA package from the very beginning, and I don't know if
> the documentation was ever as incomplete as it is for use-package right
> now. The rewrite into Texinfo (which is probably what I had confused)
> took place just before the package was merged into the core.
> use-package will now be added to GNU ELPA with _incomplete_ Texinfo
> documentation. This is my objection. An outdated manual with "TODO"s
> can be more frustrating than no documentation at all.
>
>> From my understanding, ELPA has less stringent requirements for
>> documentation and testing compared to core. Since I cannot commit enough
>> time to complete all the tasks before expected 29 branch-off, ELPA is a
>> good compromise IMO.
>
> Most packages on ELPA don't have any special documentation, most don't
> need any documentation either. Use-package is more complicated,
All fair points. I will focus on getting TexInfo doc in shape before
making PR ready for review. Should we comment out use-package recipe in
elpa-packages.el until then?
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- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, (continued)
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Payas Relekar, 2022/11/03
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/03
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, John Wiegley, 2022/11/04
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/04
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Payas Relekar, 2022/11/05
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/05
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Payas Relekar, 2022/11/05
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/05
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Payas Relekar, 2022/11/05
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/05
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package,
Payas Relekar <=
- Re: [ELPA] New package: use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/05
- Adding use-package to core, Stefan Kangas, 2022/11/12
- Re: Adding use-package to core, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/12
- Re: Adding use-package to core, Stefan Kangas, 2022/11/12
- Re: Adding use-package to core, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/12
- Re: Adding use-package to core, Stefan Kangas, 2022/11/12
- Re: Adding use-package to core, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/12
- Re: Adding use-package to core, Payas Relekar, 2022/11/13
- Re: Adding use-package to core, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/11/12
- Re: Adding use-package to core, John Wiegley, 2022/11/12