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[PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package

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Message #34 received at 60418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Tony Zorman <soliditsallgood <at> mailbox.org>, 60418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:10:09 +0200

Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:
>>
>>> package-vc can check out the latest revision that bumped the version tag
>>> (which is what {Non,}GNU ELPA uses to create new versions of a package),
>>> you just need to call `package-vc-install' with `:last-release' as REV.
>>> So the technical means are there.
>>>
>>> But if this is done, the question what advantage this has over just
>>> installing a tarball this has?  You would almost always get the same
>>> code.
>>
>> Convenience, I suppose.  You can copy your init file to a new machine,
>> and it will work.
>
> But isn't that is already given with use-package and package using
> tarballs?

I don't know, but a package might have just a public git repository
without tarballs.

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