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

[Stefan Monnier]

>   > `vc.el` has to work with an existing local clone, whereas for
>   > `package-vc` we could choose to impose a particular local VCS tool
>   > because we're in control of the creation of the local clone.
>
> It is true that the local clone is created by `package-vc'.
> However, it has to clone a remote repo into that.
>
> We should not arbitrarily limit what VCS the remote repo can use,
> given that we already have the facilities (in VC itself) to easily
> avoid such limits.

Many modern VCS can clone locally a repository using the format of
another VCS.


        Stefan