Package: emacs22-el Version: 22.1+1-1 Severity: wishlist The .el files are in a separate package, so they don't need to be compressed. Having them as .el.gz is inconvenient, because a wide range of standard tools don't work transparently with compressed files. The one I'm thinking of is diff: I sometimes make locally modified copies of installed files, and trying to reconcile what I've done is now much more tedious: I have to make an uncompressed copy of each file I want to diff. Finally, the simple fact that the filenames are no longer ".el" but ".el.gz" causes me lost seconds owing to typing errors, as it violates the principle of least surprise.
-- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages emacs22-el depends on: ii emacs22-common 22.1+1-1 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc emacs22-el recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
