Re: package-vc support for :files keyword

[Philip Kaludercic]

Tony Zorman <tonyzorman@mailbox.org> writes:

> On Wed, Sep 20 2023 07:32, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>> Here is a sketch of how that could look like.  Can you test it to see if
>> it works:
>>
>> [… 71 lines elided …]
>
> Yup, works beautifully; thanks!

OK, I'll convert this into a proper patch and update the documentation.

>>> (I also consider executing external shell commands during build-time an
>>> anti pattern, I just got the feeling that making package-vc support
>>> `:ignored-files' wasn't on the table—glad to realise that I was wrong!)
>>
>> Why did you think so?
>
> I perhaps read your first email[1] more negatively than you intended it
> to be.

My point there was that using :ignored-files as a ":files" substitute
won't work, but I understand how my statement there could be misread.
Sorry about that.

> [1]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-06/msg00247.html