* Emacs 22.1 Debian packages [not found] ` <87tztk3kyv.fsf@elegiac.orebokech.com> @ 2007-06-06 20:46 ` Chong Yidong 2007-06-06 21:46 ` David Diaz ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Chong Yidong @ 2007-06-06 20:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Romain Francoise There is currently no Debian package for Emacs 22.1 usable on the stable distribution (etch) or oldstable distribution (sarge) of Debian. There are emacs22 packages in Debian experimental, which will eventually make their way into Debian unstable and hence to Debian testing, but these will never be usable with etch. Also, the Debian maintainer has separated the Emacs documentation into a "non-dfsg" package due to the revent Debian controversy over the GFDL, so getting the Emacs documentation now requires fussing with the Debian "non-free" repositories. Due to these two factors, I think there is a demand for Emacs 22.1 debs targetting Debian stable. For the last year or so, Romain Francoise has been packaging an emacs-snapshot Debian package that tracks Emacs CVS; in the wake of the Debian GFDL stuff, these packages were moved from the Debian repositories to Romain's personal site, http://emacs.orebokech.com/. What do people think about making emacs22 debs based on Romain's emacs-snapshot packages? Its packaging is completely different from the one used by the official Debian emacs22 packages in experimental, but works fine. It includes all the manuals. I have already asked Romain. He is agreeable to this idea with this proviso: > there's an issue with the Debian emacs system: most add-on packages > in sarge/etch support the 'emacs21' and 'emacs-snapshot' flavors, > but not the 'emacs22' flavor. As a result, the add-on packages will > probably not get byte-compiled when the emacs22 packages are > installed, and some will declare themselves as installed but will > run uncompiled (which is a problem for, say, Semantic). 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? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Emacs 22.1 Debian packages 2007-06-06 20:46 ` Emacs 22.1 Debian packages Chong Yidong @ 2007-06-06 21:46 ` David Diaz 2007-06-07 5:02 ` Kaloian Doganov 2007-06-08 7:11 ` Richard Stallman 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: David Diaz @ 2007-06-06 21:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Chong Yidong, Romain Francoise Chong Yidong wrote: > Due to these two factors, I think there is a demand for Emacs 22.1 > debs targetting Debian stable. I think the official Debian backport is backports.org , which does not offer emacs22 yet. However I think it is in the way, http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/emacs22.html I have installed emacs22 from http://hype.sourceforge.jp/ due to http://emacs.orebokech.com/ is offering yet 20070501 for etch, not 20070529. Personally, be able to install a debian package blessed by the FSF would be great! Davi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Emacs 22.1 Debian packages 2007-06-06 20:46 ` Emacs 22.1 Debian packages Chong Yidong 2007-06-06 21:46 ` David Diaz @ 2007-06-07 5:02 ` Kaloian Doganov 2007-06-08 7:11 ` Richard Stallman 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Kaloian Doganov @ 2007-06-07 5:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Chong Yidong Cc: gnewsense-users, Yavor Doganov, Romain Francoise, gns-devel, emacs-devel Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Emacs 22.1 Debian packages 2007-06-06 20:46 ` Emacs 22.1 Debian packages Chong Yidong 2007-06-06 21:46 ` David Diaz 2007-06-07 5:02 ` Kaloian Doganov @ 2007-06-08 7:11 ` Richard Stallman 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Richard Stallman @ 2007-06-08 7:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Chong Yidong; +Cc: romain, emacs-devel What do people think about making emacs22 debs based on Romain's emacs-snapshot packages? Could you explain what that means? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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