Re: Docs on ELPA (was Re: Adding Flycheck to NonGNU ELPA)

[Adam Porter]

> Something similar I had in mind was a variation on package-install that
> wouldn't persist the installation, and instead of extracting the files
> into .../elpa/, would store them in a /tmp/ sub-directory.  That would
> go further than what you are describing, but would make trying out a
> package easier.

FYI, that exists in the form of the `try' package available on MELPA. 
It works well.  Maybe it could be added to GNU ELPA.  Or maybe a 
`package-try' command could be added to package.el.