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From: | Nic Ferrier |
Subject: | Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal |
Date: | Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:00:30 +0000 |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes: > `package.el' is great to install packages more easily, but it falls short > when you want to keep the same set of installed packages on various > machines, or when it's time to remove package you don't need because it > doesn't distinguish between the packages you want and those required > by those packages. > > So I'm looking for some kind soul who could extend package.el so as to > keep track of the packages that the user installed explicitly. > This should likely be kept in a custom variable. > > Then we could add a command to install all the packages listed in > that variable. And we could also write a function that deletes all > "orphan" packages. Elpakit pretty much does this already. Nic
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