Merge package.el, written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>.

Changes relative to version 0.9 of package.el are listed below:

* emacs-lisp/package-x.el: New file.  Package uploading
functionality split out from package.el.

* emacs-lisp/package.el (package-archive-base): Point to
elpa.gnu.org.
(package-enable, package-load-list): New defcustoms.
(package-user-dir, package-directory-list): Turn into defcustoms.
Don't include package-user-dir in package-directory-list.
(package--builtins-base): Don't include Emacs as a "package".
(package-subdirectory-regexp): New var.
(package-load-all-descriptors, package-compute-transaction)
(package-download-transaction): Obey package-load-list.
(package-activate-1): Rename from package-do-activate.
(package-list-packages-internal): Check package-load-list.
(package-load-descriptor, package-generate-autoloads)
(package-unpack, package-unpack-single)
(package--read-archive-file, package-delete): Use
expand-file-name.

* startup.el (command-line): Load packages after reading init
file.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b881edfb3b4..122bd27d805 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ now forces true deletion, regardless of `delete-by-moving-to-trash'.
 ** New option `list-colors-sort' defines the color sort order
 for `list-colors-display'.
 
+** An Emacs Lisp package manager is now included.
+This is a convenient way to download and install additional packages,
+from elpa.gnu.org.  `M-x package-list-packages' shows a list of
+packages, which can be selected for installation.
+
+*** By default, all installed packages are loaded and activated
+automatically when Emacs starts up.  To disable this, set
+`package-enable-at-startup' to nil.  To change which packages are
+loaded, customize `package-load-list'.
+
 
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.1