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Re: On Contributing To Emacs


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: On Contributing To Emacs
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:50:40 +0200

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:56:44 +0800
> Cc: philipk@posteo.net,
>  "xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > Apart from installing packages in such a haphazard fashion, I really
> > don't see what else straight.el does better than package.el.
> 
> I do see some advantages:
> 1. Ability to review actual changes (commits) made in a package since
>    last update
> 2. Ability to maintain a personal set of patches/changes to a package
>    while still being able to update to the latest version.

package.el can be extended to provide these features, and more.
Patches are welcome.  (Not that I think many users would want these
particular features, but there's no harm in having seldom-used ones.)



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