Ricardo Wurmus <[email protected]> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes: > >> Alex Kost <[email protected]> skribis: >> >>> Ricardo Wurmus (2016-06-29 08:45 +0300) wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Guix, >>>> >>>> I think we need to rename the “emms” package to “emacs-emms”. (This is >>>> what >>>> the first patch does.) Currently, the emacs-build-system will only add to >>>> the >>>> Emacs “load-path” the “site-lisp” directories of packages that start with >>>> “emacs-”. I think it may be necessary to relax this requirement for cases >>>> in >>>> which a non-Emacs package provides an Emacs mode. >>> >>> I agree! I also think this check for "emacs-" is not needed. >>> >>>> In the case of “emms”, >>>> however, I think renaming it is justified. >>> >>> I agree, but note that there was a discussion about renaming all emacs >>> packages (geiser, magit, etc.) and making alisases for the old names: >>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00316.html> >> >> A year later, it still looks like a good idea. :-) >> >> Damn it, we should do something about it. > > I’ll add it to my list in the hope that I can mark it DONE without > having to implement it myself :) This is how things often go as far as > Guix is concerned.
:-) > Do you want me to define an alias for “emms” now in the manner you > suggested in your email from 2015? Or should this be done once the UI > supports dealing with deprecated packages? Once the UI is done. Currently this would have no effect. Ludo’.
