GNU bug report logs - #62767
29.0.90; [PATCH] *lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: set variables after info package

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: lin Sun <sunlin7 <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 62767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#62767: 29.0.90; [PATCH] *lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: set variables after info package
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 13:25:46 +0300

> From: lin Sun <sunlin7 <at> yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 03:56:00 +0000
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, philipk <at> posteo.net, 62767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The proposed mechanism will request info.el to reserve a variable that
> allows customer change outside of info.el, then info.el reads the
> variable and proceeds the paths before the info.el major function. So
> adding a new variable package-info-directory-list or using the current
> Info-directory-list are nearly equal, except that the new name is for
> package.el special.

Yes, that's the idea.  This way, we keep info.el and package.el very
loosely coupled, as they should be, and each one of them can apply its
own logic to its variable.

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