[bug#72406] [PATCH emacs-team WIP v4 03/24] build-system: emacs: Define common variants.

[Simon Tournier]

Hi Liliana,

On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 at 14:58, Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> +(define package-with-emacs-minimal
> +  (package-with-explicit-emacs (delay (resolve-emacs 'emacs-minimal))
> +                               "emacs-" "emacs-minimal-"
> +                               #:variant-property 'emacs-minimal-variant))

[...]

> +;; We prefer emacs-minimal, but sometimes the "minimal" variant still needs
> +;; X support.
> +(define package-with-emacs-no-x-toolkit
> +  (package-with-explicit-emacs (delay (resolve-emacs 'emacs-no-x-toolkit))
> +                               "emacs-" "emacs-no-x-toolkit-"))

I am not convince these are useful.  Why do I want to transform Emacs
packages for “compiling” them with the default Emacs “compiler”.

In order to keep the API clear, I would not provide them.  Nothing
prevent an user to create them if they really need them.

Cheers,
simon