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[bug#48237] [PATCH] gnu: emacs-consult: Add ‘emacs-ve
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Xinglu Chen |
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[bug#48237] [PATCH] gnu: emacs-consult: Add ‘emacs-ve |
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Fri, 07 May 2021 16:23:46 +0200 |
On Wed, May 05 2021, Leo Prikler wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 05.05.2021, 15:26 +0200 schrieb Xinglu Chen:
>> emacs-vertico is an optional dependency so maybe there is a better
>> way
>> deal with this. Splitting the package into multiple outputs might be
>> a
>> better idea, but I don’t know how we would do that.
> This is certainly an interesting question. With other Emacs packages,
> there is sometimes a contrib version, that adds "more", see e.g. org-
> mode or telega. But those are tied closely to what upstream considers
> contrib, so I don't think that applies here.
Yeah, Org has a separate contrib/ directory.
> IIUC selectrum is likewise optional. Perhaps we should consider not
> propagating optional inputs, but rather adding them as normal inputs –
> so that byte compilation succeeds, but users won't be forced to have a
> rather large elisp library as part of their profiles if it's not
> needed.
I think this might be the best option.