From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kaloian Doganov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.linux.distributions.gnewsense.user Subject: Re: Emacs 22.1 Debian packages Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:02:15 +0300 Message-ID: <87ps48jr1k.fsf@doganov.org> References: <87ps49t08e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87tztk3kyv.fsf@elegiac.orebokech.com> <871wgoyfo1.fsf_-_@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181192614 9513 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2007 05:03:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 05:03:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gnewsense-users@nongnu.org, Yavor Doganov , Romain Francoise , gns-devel@ivanovi.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 07 07:03:32 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HwA9c-0008ML-Cj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:03:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwA9b-00060C-6o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:03:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwA9V-0005y3-8P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:03:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwA9Q-0005tF-Kc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:03:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwA9Q-0005sy-DE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:03:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eos.openintegra.com ([193.68.3.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HwA9K-0000Yr-9K; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:03:07 -0400 Original-Received: from millenium-falcon ([127.0.0.127]) by eos.openintegra.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5752ST7029364 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Jun 2007 08:02:54 +0300 Original-Received: from kaloian by millenium-falcon with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HwA8W-00025x-5d; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:02:16 +0300 In-Reply-To: <871wgoyfo1.fsf_-_@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Wed\, 06 Jun 2007 16\:46\:38 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gNewSense gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:72397 gmane.linux.distributions.gnewsense.user:1459 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: There is currently no Debian package for Emacs 22.1 usable on the stable distribution (etch) or oldstable distribution (sarge) of Debian If we get this working, we could put the debs on Romain's site and link to them from the Emacs homepage. Alternatively, we can put the debs on ftp.gnu.org. I know we don't usually offer binaries, but I'd argue that it is justifiable in this case. Many free software packages offer binaries in the form of .rpms and .debs, and I don't think there's any reason in principle why we shouldn't, especially in this case where Romain has already done most of the heavy lifting. What do people think? It makes much more sense to target gNewSense, not Debian. GNU Emacs 22.1 is already packaged for gNewSense by Yavor Doganov: http://chushkopek.org/jungle/ His packaging work is based on Romain's emacs-snapshot, I think. -- "Every non-free program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." --RMS