From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs developer preferences with respect to emacs binary packages. Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:32:38 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200304091532.h39FWcDB032728@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <87znn0zqu5.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> <874r58sd5l.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049902698 3032 80.91.224.249 (9 Apr 2003 15:38:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:38:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 09 17:38:16 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 193HdH-0000fD-00 for ; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 17:37:03 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 193Hho-0003z0-00 for ; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 17:41:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 193HbG-0004X6-03 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 193HZu-000456-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:33:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 193HZO-0003op-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 193HZ3-0003TU-00; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:32:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h39FWcx6032730; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:32:38 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h39FWcDB032728; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:32:38 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Rob Browning X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13079 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13079 > > but when GTK is released and stable it should be the Debian users > > who drive your packaging preferences, not Emacs developers. IMHO. > > Of course, but I'd still like to know what the developers' preferences > are (if any) when making my decisions. I'd expect that the developers's preference is largely reflected in the default that you get when you build without specifying a particular toolkit (i.e. right now the preference is `lucid'). Stefan