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

[Philip Kaludercic]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> On 3 November 2022 04:17:47 CET, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
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>
> In that case we are simply talking about different things. My
> intention, which is also a popular feature among users, is to provide
> the ability to fetch and activate a package directly from
> source. Getting rid of this feature would undermine the point of the
> branch. What I can do, as I had previously proposed is to, is provide
> a second command, package-vc-checkout that does what you propose. It
> would take a package and a directory as arguments.

I have implemented this as a separate command that can also choose to
check out the current tip of development of the last release.