Hello John, On Sun 05 Jul 2020 at 08:35PM +02, John Darrington wrote:
> Sure. But from a user's perspective I don't see the advantage in that. > I mean what is the difference between typing "apt-get install pspp-mode" > and "M-x package-install 'pspp-mode" ? >From the perspective of those of us working on packaging Emacs addons in Debian, significant advantages are 1) the way addons work doesn't change within a Debian stable release, just like Emacs itself doesn't change within a Debian stable release 2) addons get installed using Debian's mechanisms for a secure software supply chain, rather than relying on https alone. -- Sean Whitton
