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Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
Subject: bug#22055: closed (Re: bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't
 provide a feature)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:35:02 +0000

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#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature

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From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
To: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
Cc: 22055-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22055: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:34:53 +0000

Closing the bug then.

2015-12-12 19:36 GMT+00:00 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>:
>
> 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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From: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Some Elpa packages don't provide a feature
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 20:34:37 +0100

The following Elpa packages do not provide a feature: `ada-ref-man',
`transcribe', and `uni-confusables'.  I believe all packages should
contain a library which provides the appropriate feature.

`transcribe' additionally violates many other conventions.  The various
section headers lack the space after the semicolons.  Not a single
symbol is properly prefixed or documented.  It should probably be
removed.

`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 cannot really see what's so great about being
able to write `(provide-me)' instead of `(provide 'the-feature)', but
some people obviously thought it that was a good idea.  Anyway, should
`load-relative' itself really use `provide-me'?

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