Re: Keeping an ELPA checkout

[Tom Tromey]

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

CY> With a bit more work, we could add another script (or a Makefile rule)
CY> for *installing* all the packages in the archive to a given location (or
CY> even in place).  By pointing `package-directory-list' to that directory,
CY> one would have all the packages in the archive installed in one step.
CY> This is probably what Stefan has in mind.

Ted> But is it just for the GNU ELPA or for ELPA in general?  If the latter,
Ted> Phil Hagelberg and Tom Tromey will probably have feedback to make it
Ted> easier to implement and I imagine they've done something similar.

I haven't.  When I've tested things, I've done it by having a local
repository.

Tom