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Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installe

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] From: Stefan Monnier Subject: Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:23:46 -0400 User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) 
Philip Kaludercic [2022-11-01 22:19:10] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> So `package-vc` doesn't need to support all VCS because we can rely on
>> bridges to decouple the tool used locally from the format of
>> the repository (tho, those adapters/bridges tend to be a bit fiddly,
>> admittedly).
>
> So why doesn't vc.el just do this too?

`vc.el` has to work with an existing local clone, whereas for
`package-vc` we could choose to impose a particular local VCS tool
because we're in control of the creation of the local clone.


        Stefan

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