Re: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir

[Tom Tromey]

Tom> package.el does this, more or less.  It doesn't just load all files, but
Tom> does some version and dependency checks.  But, e.g., it is trivial for
Tom> el-get to be supplied as a package.  This feature is enabled by default
Tom> in Emacs 24.

Dimitri> Would it be accepted, though?  If yes, I'd better go begin those FSF
Dimitri> paperwork.

Suppose Emacs did add a "load all the files in a directory" feature.
You would tell your users "download this and install it here".
Or you would supply some elisp on a web page for them to eval, and this
elisp would do the downloading.

Well, you can do the exact same things with a package.  You don't need
it to be in elpa.gnu.org.

Tom