From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Davour Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Development package hint in INSTALL for GNU/Linux? Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 13:29:34 +0200 (CEST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051788758 12198 80.91.224.249 (1 May 2003 11:32:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 11:32:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu May 01 13:32:36 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 19BCIl-0003AO-00 for ; Thu, 01 May 2003 13:32:35 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19BCSN-0004DV-00 for ; Thu, 01 May 2003 13:42:31 +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 19BCGz-0007od-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 01 May 2003 07:30:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19BCGa-0007i3-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 May 2003 07:30:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19BCGD-0007A1-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 May 2003 07:29:57 -0400 Original-Received: from tempo.update.uu.se ([130.238.19.17]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19BCG3-0006uG-00; Thu, 01 May 2003 07:29:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Tempo.Update.UU.SE (ip6-localhost [IPv6:::1]) ESMTP id h41BTZw4010936 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 1 May 2003 13:29:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (ante@localhost) with ESMTP id h41BTZtO010933; Thu, 1 May 2003 13:29:35 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: Tempo.Update.UU.SE: ante owned process doing -bs Original-To: Richard Stallman In-Reply-To: Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org 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:13590 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13590 On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Richard Stallman wrote: > Maybe it's best to just note that the header files are needed. If we start > mentioning Debian/RedHat package names they'll probably change names next > week. > > Don't worry about that. We can say that these were the names as of > such and such a month. It is better to give names that may have changed > than not give them at all. Ok, with such a date mentioned it feels a lot more fair. Obsolete information can create more problem that it helps, but that way it at least has a time frame when it's correct. > Or is it more than the header files that are needed? > > It is not just headers. Often the linkable versions of the shared > libraries are in separate packages. Ok. Then packages might a better idea than mentioning specific files. Even though one or two components might fall in between anyway. /andreas =================== Emacs ===================== mail: ante@update.uu.se or try: Koraq@yahoo.com groove out at: http://www.update.uu.se/~ante/ ====== The choice of a GNU generation! ========