bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package

[Philip Kaludercic]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> merge 60418 61937
>> thanks
>>
>> (I hope the above works, I've never merged bugs before.)
>>
>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>
>>>   I have to admit that I am not a fan of this [adding package-vc support
>>>   to use-package].  Personally I install all my packages using regular
>>>   tarballs, and then manually select packages that I want to track in
>>>   source-form if I am interested in contributing a patch.
>>>
>>>   One has to keep in mind that by default you will be checking out the tip
>>>   of the default development branch.  This is not what GNU ELPA and NonGNU
>>>   ELPA do.  I know *some other* archives do this, but IMO this contributes
>>>   to the instability that a lot of Emacs users experience in regards to
>>>   the packages in the Emacs world.  Coincidentally I also believe that the
>>>   popularity of alternative (non-cooperative) package managers like this
>>>   "straight.el" boils down to the promise of being able to pin and revert
>>>   to previous packages states.  Personally I believe that this is an
>>>   up-side-down approach to solve the problem from the wrong angle.  The
>>>   default approach to package management should be reliable and suffice.
>>
>> I think Pandora's box is already open with having package-vc.
>>
>> Maybe use-package's package-vc integration should use more sensible
>> defaults then?  But if people don't like this feature, I personally
>> won't press the issue further.
>
> I am afraid I don't know what you mean by more sensible?  My central
> point is that I wouldn't want to encourage people to download packages
> using package-vc by default.

ping?

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Philip Kaludercic