Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS

[Philip Kaludercic]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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> Which form(s) of the code the act of loading an ELPA package installs
> in the user's machine in the current master.  The source files?  The
> byte-compiled files?  Native-compiled files?  It varies based on
> circumstances?

I am sorry, I cannot parse your question.  Could you rephrase it?  In
general, the only difference between "source packages" and "regular
packages" is in the manner the source code is fetched.
`package-install' downloads and extracts a tarball, `package-vc-install'
clones a repository.

> Knowing this would help me understand some of the issues of
> what new commands to check out the package repos ought to do
> in order to fit in well with existing usage.