Re: Fetching or installing package dev source from VCS: manual style

[Rudolf Adamkovič]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

THANK YOU for working on this *amazing* feature!

Below, I suggest some optional, minor edits.

> By default @code{package-install} will download a tarball from a
> package archive and install the files therein contained.

will download -> downloads (+ install -> installs)
the files therein contained -> its files

> Most of the time this is just what you want.

most of the time -> often
just ->

> One exception is when you decide to hack on the source code of a
> package, and would like to share these changes with other users.  In
> that case you usually want to fetch and work on the upstream source,
> so that you can prepare a usable patch.

If you want to hack on the source code of a package, and perhaps share
your changes with others, you may prefer to fetch and work on the
upstream source, so that you can prepare a patch.

...

P.S. I wonder if this new feature integrates with version control logs.
That alone, having any kind of "what is new" screen, would make me
switch everything to use the new system.  I think the "blind updates"
that we have today do not match "Emacs spirit" at all.

Rudy
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Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> [he/him]
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