Tatsuya Kinoshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On March 1, 2007 at 5:01PM +0100, > dak (at gnu.org) wrote: > >> > BTW, I feel Emacs 22.0.94 (pretest version of 22.1) reaches a >> > quality for Debian release. So, please consider that Debian >> > emacs22 package will be uploaded soon even though it is not yet an >> > upstream official release at the moment. >> >> That is an excessively bad idea. Versions 22.0.x are _pretest_ >> versions of Emacs 22, _not_ an official release. Releasing an emacs22 >> package would be _thoroughly_ confusing as long as Emacs 22 is not >> released. > > Hmm, how about emacs22_22.1~pretest22.0.94-1_*.deb to clarify the > upstream pretest version?
I don't know about Debian version numbers, so somebody else will need to comment. >> What is wrong with the current emacs-snapshot* packages? > > The emacs-snapshot package is not for Lenny (Etch+1, will be > released 2008-2009?), but the emacs22 package is for Lenny. The > emacs22 flavor has not yet been tested in Debian. We'll try to fix > bugs that the packages fails with the emacs22 package for Lenny. Emacs 22 will be released in 2007 certainly. The level of release-centred infighting on the Emacs developer list can't rise much anymore, and the main holdback is that RMS is still getting all possible copyright assignment questions cleared up. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
