On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 23:15:48 -0600, Rob Browning wrote: > > Package: release.debian.org > > We want to remove emacs24 from stretch, and we think we've managed to > fix all of the affected packages[1]. We're consulting you because we > thought this might be considered a transition, though perhaps a minor > one relative to others. > > At this point, we believe we only need to upload a version of > emacs-defaults that switches the emacs and emacs-nox metapackages from > 24 to 25. > > Would that be acceptable? If so, we'll upload, and then file the > ftp.debian.org RM emacs24 bug. > It seems extremely late to be making this change and be confident we're not breaking the world. 3 or 4 months ago would have been more feasible.
Cheers, Julien
