Re: Emacs Survey 2022 - design

[Stefan Monnier]

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>> FWIW, I'd select use-package in that question + package.el (for
>>> deletion) and auto-package-update (missing!) for updates without
>>> having to manually go through the *Packages* buffer.
>> Then maybe we should distinguish between the "backend" (package.el
>> here) and the UI layer on top of it (use-package, list-packages,
>> auto-package-update, ...)?
> Yes, that makes sense.  And probably the backend isn't even interesting
> (or even known) from a user's POV.

Those users who "don't care" or "don't know" about the backend are
almost guaranteed to use `package.el`.


        Stefan