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[PATCH] gnu: emacs-consult: Add ‘emacs-ve

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From: Xinglu Chen <public <at> yoctocell.xyz>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>, Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>, 48237 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#48237] [PATCH] gnu: emacs-consult: Add ‘emacs-ve
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:47:54 +0200

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On Wed, Aug 11 2021, Arun Isaac wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I actually think we should not add emacs-vertico to the
> propagated-inputs, and remove emacs-flycheck and emacs-selectrum as
> well. All these are optional dependencies, and we should leave it to the
> user to install the ones they want. At least in this specific case, the
> three packages (flycheck, selectrum and vertico) are the kind the user
> would want to explicitly install. They aren't backend libraries that
> ought to remain invisible to the user.
>
> In fact, this is the version of emacs-consult I have installed in my
> profile.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (package
>   (inherit emacs-consult)
>   (propagated-inputs `()))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Also, byte compilation works for me without any propagated inputs. Am I
> missing something?

Another option would be to define package variants of ‘emacs-consult’,
that way we would have four packages:

* emacs-consult;
* emacs-consult-flycheck;
* emacs-consult-vertico; and
* emacs-consult.

WDYT?

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