Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In GNU Emacs 22, Auto Compression mode is enabled by default. Therefore > and because of the growing number of packages coming with Emacs, it > makes sense to compress the Elisp source in the emacs<version>-el > package, saving probably some 25-30 Megabytes of disk space. Also, in > a way these files are documentation, and that is usually compressed in > Debian. > > The only drawback is that Emacs won't find the Elisp source files if > the user disables auto-compression-mode; but I think few people will > want to do that.
Looks like an exacerbation of the existing Debian policy to recklessly break things like byte-recompile-directory. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
