bug#69410: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] Use-package: allow :ensure to accept package spec instead of separate :vc keyword

[Tony Zorman]

On Mon, Jul 01 2024 19:57, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> Tony Zorman <soliditsallgood@mailbox.org> writes:
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>>   (use-package example
>>     :ensure t
>>     :vc (:url "https://www.forge.com/maintainer/example";))
>
> BTW Does it ever make sense to give a :vc keyword without :ensure t or
> enabling `use-package-always-ensure'?

Ah, this is a good point (which I had completely forgotten!). Since
package-vc.el is the only backend that :vc needs to support right now,
we actually completely circumvent :ensure (which by default just calls
out to the package archives). When :vc is present then whatever argument
is given to :ensure is disregarded.

  Tony

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