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Subject: Re: How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs)
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Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> skribis:

> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:
>
>> Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Considering the importance of Emacs in this community, I think it would
>>> make sense to provide a cutting-edge version.
>>
>> Do you mean a snapshot of the =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 branch?
>>
>> We don=E2=80=99t do that usually, and I would instead suggest using
>> =E2=80=98--with-source=E2=80=99 for people who would like that.
>>
>> What do people think?
>
> In case of =E2=80=98emacs=E2=80=99 package recipe, =E2=80=98--with-source=
=E2=80=99 doesn't work for a
> snapshot of the =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 branch.

Why?  Because you=E2=80=99d need to run =E2=80=98autoreconf=E2=80=99 and th=
e like?

Ludo=E2=80=99.