Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal

[Stefan Monnier]

> Yes. I think that's what Stefan was asking for. But Stefan seems to
> prefer the elpakit approach, which is fine too (Nic has a nice
> comparison section at https://github.com/nicferrier/elpakit).

That's a misunderstanding.  I don't prefer any of those options because
I don't actually know anything about them (or close enough).

> (Stefan: would you and the other maintainers be open to Cask+Pallet
> *and* elpakit in Emacs?  Or is that too much choice?)

If someone cared to explain what that would do and why that would imply
"choice", I could tell you.

Nic says:
> I don't think that was Stefan's position. His position was "can we have
> this feature?"
> I don't think he cares who does it or how it's done.

Exactly.


        Stefan