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Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

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Message #17 received at 22055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
To: bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com
Cc: 22055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:36:19 +0100

Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 2015-12-03 14:34 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>:
>>
>> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>> `load-relative' also doesn't provide its feature using `provide', but
>>>> that is intentional - it uses the alternative `provide-me' form, which
>>>> it itself defines.
>>>
>>> I can't see the benefit but I also can't see the harm. Did it affect you
>>> negatively in any way?
>>
>> No, I just cannot mirror it on the Emacsmirror, but that does not really
>> matter because I also could not mirror any other package which uses
>> `provide-me'.  I extract metadata for all mirrored packages, including
>> the provided features, and the respective code does not support
>> `provide-me'.  I don't intend to support that form until at least halve
>> a dozen packages use it.
>
> Well, I couldn't find a package Gelpa or Melpa that uses it. So I
> think it's not really a big deal either way. =P

Yeah, I'll deal with it when the need arises.

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