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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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