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Re: emacs 21.2-13 available
On Mar 18 15:23, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> >>Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>- The info pages are still in /usr/info, they should be in
> >>>/usr/share/info.
> >>>
> >>>- Ditto for /usr/man vs. /usr/share/man.
> >>>
> >>>- Don't supply emacs-ctags. It conflicts with the ctags package which
> >>>provides an emacs independent ctags (and etags).
> >>>
> >>>- The emacs-21.2-13.tar.bz2 as well as the
> >>>emacs-X11/emacs-X11-21.2-13.tar.bz2
> >>>provide a /usr/bin/emacs.exe binary. So the emacs packages conflict
> >>>with each other.
> >>
> >>I'd like to maintain the status quo for all of these to get this new
> >>version released as soon as possible. A -14 release can contain all of
> >>these fixes, and I agree that it should follow quickly.
> >
> >I disagree. The above problems are showstoppers for me, most notably
> >the conflict with ctags. And they aren't really difficult to fix.
>
> If they were really showstoppers then emacs would have been pulled from
> distribution long ago. It doesn't matter if they are critical, they
> won't make anything worse than waiting a few more days for another
> release would.
Joe, is it a problem for you to fix the above issues this weekend?
Corinna
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