GNU bug report logs - #33598
Optimizations for emacs-clang-format and emacs-clang-rename

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Message #65 received at 33598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Tim Gesthuizen <tim.gesthuizen <at> yahoo.de>, 33598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#33598] Optimizations for emacs-clang-format and
 emacs-clang-rename
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:48:04 +0100

The benefit of separate Emacs packages is if the Emacs library can be used
without installing the parent package to the user profile.

For instance, emacs-clang-rename can be installed and it will work while the
user does not have to install clang.  (Clang remains an input, obviously.)

For this reason, "package-elisp-from-package" gives maximal flexibility in my
opinion.

Currently, there are a few more packages.  We can look up "emacs-build-system"
outside emacs.scm to find them (e.g. agda2).

Off the top of my head, there is also asymptote.

Now to the ideal place for package-elisp-from-package: it seems that no existing
file would be a fit.  So what about guix/utils/emacs.scm?  Having a separate
file would make sure we run into other meta-circular dependency issues.

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