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29.0.60; [FR] use-package :ensure to allow vc sources

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From: Ruijie Yu <ruijie <at> netyu.xyz>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.60; [FR] use-package :ensure to allow vc sources
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:57:36 +0800

I have been using straight.el [1] before `use-package' was taken into
emacs.git, as I needed to use some packages not from any elpa source but
from vc sources.  I recently noticed the function `package-vc-install'
has been introduced into 29, and would like to have `use-package' use it
in its :ensure form.

An analogous version from straight.el has already been made available,
which looks like the following:

    (use-package foo
      :straight (foo :repo "https://path.to/foo.el" :type git))

My hope is to extend :ensure form so that a similar specification can be
supplied to install packages directly from vc sources.

[1]: https://github.com/radian-software/straight.el

--
Best,


RY

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