Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS

[Philip Kaludercic]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> It can be done, but I believe it would be best to add those kinds of
>> annotations to the server side (elpa-admin.el).  The issue is that
>> figuring out what version was used to release a package is non-trivial
>> using just vc.
>
> FWIW, the more I think about it, the more I think `package-vc` should
> always use Git locally (regardless of the VCS used upstream).  This will
> also make it easier to share the code with `elpa-admin.el` (e.g. to
> figure out which commit is the latest release).

I am not sure about that, this would break the contribution workflow for
anyone interested in sending back patches to a non-Git project.