Michael Schwendt <mschwe...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 15:35:51 +0100, Jan Synacek wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> long time ago, there was a request to create the emacs-filesystem >> package [1], so other packages could drop their emacs-specific files >> there. I believe it was done the other way around... Those files are >> useless without emacs to begin with. I think packages that have emacs >> snippets / modes should have a "-emacs" subpackage (or something like >> that) that depends on emacs itself. > > Two observations: > > 1) Emacs extensions are to be put into emacs- subpackages, not -emacs. > It's in the %parent-%child naming guidelines. Note that sometimes this > is implemented as virtual package names, i.e. explicit Provides such as > those in desktop-file-utils.
Ok. > 2) A dependency on emacs-filesystem is primarily for packages, which store > files in those directories, but which do _not_ need Emacs to be installed. > Splitting off emacs- subpackages is not always the most wise/convenient > choice. Any examples of such packages? I still can't imagine how storing emacs specific stuff into emacs directories without requiring emacs could be useful. Cheers, -- Jan Synacek Software Engineer, Red Hat
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