From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:51:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87lgedx2vn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871sh1pid1.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9jku2gt.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgeehe5g.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40115) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0lGa-0000rY-4h for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:51:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0lGZ-0001Oc-H6 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:51:44 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a0c:e300::1]:56730) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0lGZ-0001Nq-AB for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:51:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87lgeehe5g.fsf@gmail.com> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:12:35 +0530") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Hello, Pierre Neidhardt 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? Ludo=E2=80=99.