Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs

[Chong Yidong]

Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:

> IMO we should enable and supply a file:// repository with a new Emacs
> release and with every trunk build (as part of `make install').  That
> repository can be augmented by elpa.gnu.org, but if there's no network
> connection to it users will at least be able to install the packages in
> the latest Emacs checkout and hack on them.

Conceptually neat, but I agree with Stefan that the practical
difficulties of putting the elpa packages in the trunk are too great.

Those Emacs hackers interested in the elpa packages can always check out
the branch separately, and we could even add a Makefile option that
installs into a local directory.  It doesn't have to be in the trunk.