Re: Keeping an ELPA checkout

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:20:37 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

SM> I know, but I don't think there's any fundamental good reason why we
SM> can't tweak emacs/lisp/Makefile.in so that it gets things to work.

>> They are packages, that's a great reason :)  Yeah, you can do it, but
>> it's going to break sooner or later.  I like Chong's approach better
>> than tweaking things.

>> Also, isn't it better to put the rules inside the GNU ELPA (thus the
>> "elpa" branch) than inside Emacs' lisp/Makefile.in, as Chong suggested?

SM> Where they go doesn't matter much, yes..  The important part is to be
SM> able to use them in-place and have them all activated from a single
SM> place with "bzr up; make".

OK.  So who's going to do the work?  And can you summarize what you're
asking for after this discussion?

Ted