From: Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org
Romain Francoise wrote: > The fine folks at Ubuntu have added a new `emacs-meta' source package to > their distribution which provides empty binary packages `emacs' and > `emacs-nox' that just depend on emacs21 and emacs21-nox: > > <URL: ftp://ftp.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/emacs-meta/> > > It allows newbies to just `apt-get install emacs', sparing them the need > to search for a specific flavor. > > I think Debian should have something similar, perhaps in emacsen-common. > > Opinions? That would be a good idea, indeed. Similar packages already exist in Debian for gcc and python, for instance. And since Emacs major versions have a release cycle of 4-5 years, such a metapackage would not need to be updated too often... ;-) :) This is also why Emacs is the One ! Its perfectness has no competitor. Xavier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
