[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Organizing package.el a bit
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Organizing package.el a bit |
Date: |
Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:36:46 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Since last time that I worked a bit on package.el, I noticed it's a
> little annoying to manage due to sheer size. I understand 2600 lines
> is not the largest .el file we have (hell, it's not even top 10), but
> it's enough to bother me a lot.
100KB doesn't bother me: I find it easier to navigate in a single file
than to jump back&forth between two files.
> I'd like to know whether it's ok to split it into two files,
> package.el and package-menu.el?
I could live with it, I guess. There's another potentially useful split:
package-init.el which would only contain what's needed for
package-initialize (i.e. whatever is needed for a "normal" use of Emacs
that does not involve installing/removing packages).
Could you give us an estimate of the resulting file size(s), to see if
the split would indeed be useful (splitting into 100KB package.el + 10KB
package-menu.el wouldn't be tremendously beneficial, for example).
Stefan
Re: Organizing package.el a bit, Steinar Bang, 2015/03/29