Re: package.el support for file: URLs

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:

Ted> Also, package.el assumes HTTP URLs so it breaks if you try to set up a
Ted> local ELPA repo.

My recollection is that URL didn't provide a protocol-independent way to
check whether a request succeeded.  I think it would be more useful to
fix this.

Tom