Re: [Emacs-diffs] scratch/package-fix e5d5cdf 1/2: emacs-lisp/package.el: Indicate incompatible packages.

[Stefan Monnier]

> We could also make the recursive check happen only package.el tries
> to do anything with a specific package (package-menu-mark-*,
> package-menu-describe-package, etc). I don’t know if that’s better or
> not.

Maybe you're right.  Just like installation may fail because
a dependency is missing.  Maybe marking those things as
uninstallable/incompatible is good, but only if we can explain
concisely/easily enough to the user why it's uninstallable/incompatible.


        Stefan