Re: emacs 21.2-13 available

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Mar 18 14:54, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>
> > Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > > - The info pages are still in /usr/info, they should be in /usr/share/info.
> > >
> > > - Ditto for /usr/man vs. /usr/share/man.
> > >
> > > - Don't supply emacs-ctags.  It conflicts with the ctags package which
> > > provides an emacs independent ctags (and etags).
> > >
> > > - The emacs-21.2-13.tar.bz2 as well as the 
> > > emacs-X11/emacs-X11-21.2-13.tar.bz2
> > > provide a /usr/bin/emacs.exe binary.  So the emacs packages conflict
> > > with each other.
> >
> > I'd like to maintain the status quo for all of these to get this new 
> > version released as soon as possible.  A -14 release can contain all of 
> > these fixes, and I agree that it should follow quickly.
>
>
> I disagree.  The above problems are showstoppers for me, most notably
> the conflict with ctags.  And they aren't really difficult to fix.

If they were really showstoppers then emacs would have been pulled from 
distribution long ago.  It doesn't matter if they are critical, they 
won't make anything worse than waiting a few more days for another 
release would.

Harold