Re: Emacs Survey 2022 - design

[Philip Kaludercic]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>>> FWIW, I'd select use-package in that question + package.el (for
>>>> deletion) and auto-package-update (missing!) for updates without
>>>> having to manually go through the *Packages* buffer.
>>> Then maybe we should distinguish between the "backend" (package.el
>>> here) and the UI layer on top of it (use-package, list-packages,
>>> auto-package-update, ...)?
>> Yes, that makes sense.  And probably the backend isn't even interesting
>> (or even known) from a user's POV.
>
> Those users who "don't care" or "don't know" about the backend are
> almost guaranteed to use `package.el`.

>From what I hear, a lot of people also use their system's package
manager to install packages, that should be mentioned too.