Subject: [bug#50231] [PATCH] gnu: emacs-desktop-environment: Include runtime dependencies

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:56:17 +0200

Hi,

Nicolas Goaziou <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Reily Siegel <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> The emacs package can be configured to use other tools. However, unless
>> the package is specifically configured otherwise, it will not work when
>> installed. Without either these propagated inputs or special
>> configuration, this package cannot perform any of its functions. 
>
> I know, but this Emacs library is not supposed to provide the features
> itself. I assume you use it on top of installed executables, as
> explained in the package description:
>
>   The package depends on the availability of shell commands to do the
>   hard work for us.
>
> Pulling all of them from an Emacs package sounds backward.

How about:

  1. Providing only those tools for which there’s no choice, like
     ‘alsa-utils’ and ‘brightnessclt’.

  2. Patching file names instead of propagating.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.