Re: feature/package-vc has been merged

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,  rms@gnu.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2022 15:58:11 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > And symlinks could be problematic on MS-Windows.  Maybe allow to copy
> > instead.
> 
> That I did not know.  The issue with copying is that you loose vc
> information.

Why do they need VC information inside ~/.emacs.d/ ?

> When do symlinks create issues under windows?

Creating symlinks requires privileges that not every user has.

> Perhaps there is a better way to solve this issue in general?  I would
> have to look at how complicated it would be to make package.el load a
> subdirectory instead of the immediate directory under "elpa".

Yes, that'd be more portable, I think.