Re: [nongnu] elpa/nix-mode 91a317e425 2/2: Merge pull request #176 from lafrenierejm/reformatter

[Stefan Kangas]

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:

>> diff --git a/nix-format.el b/nix-format.el
>> index 75e679e46e..679ad02629 100644
>> --- a/nix-format.el
>> +++ b/nix-format.el
>> @@ -3,54 +3,29 @@
>>  ;; This file is NOT part of GNU Emacs.
>>
>>  ;; Homepage: https://github.com/NixOS/nix-mode
>> -;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.1"))
>> +;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.1") (reformatter "0.6"))
>
> Just curious: is it okay in this case for a NonGNU ELPA package to
> depend unconditionally on a MELPA package?

No, that is not okay as it makes the package uninstallable.

> Maybe reformatter can/should also be distributed via NonGNU ELPA?

I think that is the best solution here, yes.  Patches welcome, but
meanwhile perhaps this should be reported as a bug so we don't lose
track of it.