GNU bug report logs - #40457
26.3; A little Help from `list-packages'?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 21:20:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 40457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 40457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40457: 26.3; A little Help from `list-packages'?
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:32:36 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> But suppose I want to just download a package - its source files, and I
> don't want to "install" it (especially since I have no way of knowing
> what "installing" actually will do).  How to do that - download the
> marked packages?  How to find out how to do it?  This is I guess my main
> question for this bug report.

Sounds interesting to me, a helper to download a source package included
in the package system. A convenience feature. Maybe to strip down this
report to a feature request to add just that? I can imagine it could
trigger an itch with somebody.

Otherwise I guess the help from the list-packages for now is the link to
the package homepage.

Best regards
--
Tomas
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 12 days ago.

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