* Eli Zaretskii (2006-12-30) writes: >> From: Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Because I don't want to couple the Emacs and RefTeX release cycles. > > But you might need to do that anyway, since some Emacs features used > by RefTeX will require a newer Emacs.
RefTeX should be able to be used with both Emacs and XEmacs. Therefore we'll need to cater for less capable Emacs releases anyway. > Besides, why not couple them? What's the problem? The release cycle of Emacs is simply too long. >> I already answered part of that question in my last mail. > > What, the need to get several files from different directories? > That's a non-issue, since a problem that urges a user to fetch a newer > file is normally solved in a single directory, if not a single file. > There's no need to fetch the docs if the problem is in Lisp. Which brings us back to the problem with a hodgepodge of files. With AUCTeX we are constantly having problems with people picking up outdated documentation from the web instead of using the documents accompanying each release, which are up-to-date and correctly reflect the features and customization options. Now you are suggesting to introduce such incompatibilities with the integrated documentation as well? This is not good. >> Apart from >> that there are many users who are not really acquainted with CVS >> (okay, there's the web interface) and with "installing" and >> byte-compiling single files. And if those users manage to do that >> (probably by handholding them through the process) they'll get some >> hodgepodge of files from releases and CVS. And providing support for >> such hodgepodge installations will be quite a nightmare. I'd really, >> _really_ like to avoid such a mess. > > This whole mess (and then some) will be completely avoided if you > decide to stick with Emacs releases. If you don't, releasing interim > versions will get you at least some of the trouble, since users will > be installing those versions in several Emacs versions, and you will > have problem knowing which ones (as many people nowadays use the CVS > code). We'll be defining which versions of Emacs and XEmacs RefTeX will be compatible with, just like we are doing it now with AUCTeX. -- Ralf _______________________________________________ auctex-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex-devel
