This makes sense, thanks for taking the time to explain this in detail. On Thu, 5 Sept 2024 at 11:10, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Krystian Samp <samp.kryst...@gmail.com> > > Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 09:44:14 +0200 > > Cc: phil...@posteo.net, 72...@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > Thanks, > > > > imho it'd be also useful to add there that Emacs will make the installed > packages available automatically at > > startup. Now it reads that Emacs will add them to `load-path` but I > wouldn't infer from this that Emacs will also > > make these packages available. And right after that we say that "... > making the above manual customizations > > unnecessary for such packages" which specifically refers to loading, not > only adding to `load-path`. Just two > > cents, > > All of this is already described in the node "Package Installation", > to which this node points. Cross-references in the manual are there > for a reason: interested readers are expected to follow them and to > read what the referenced nodes say. We don't have the same > information in more than one place in the manual because that would > make it a maintenance burden: all of those places have to be found and > updated when something changes. Our conventions are to describe each > feature in full in a single place, and then have cross-references to > that one place in other related places. > > So I decided not to expand on this more in the sections which is only > tangentially related to package installation. This text is there so > as to avoid creating an impression that what this node describes must > be done for packages installed via package.el. It doesn't (and should > not) pretend to describe installation via package.el. >
