Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [ Good summary of reasons for current policy deleted ]
Right. The key here is that the only real alternative is to force all emacs add-on package maintainers to install *all* flavors of emacs, including the Japanese ones etc. (if they are distinct flavors), and then have them either build one *gargantuan* package that contains .elc files for all of the flavors, or build a bunch of flavor specific packages like vm-emacs20. Both of these would seriously bloat the archives and, unless we're a bit clever, the end user's machine as well. If I've overlooked some better approach, I'm all ears. > The only issue with re-compilation is that the compilation > process for some packages (like VM, for exampe), also depend on make, > and the issue under discussion is whther to allow that dependency and > to assign the degree of relationship between vm and make. I think I've come to the conclusion that vm should just depend on make. > we are still hammering out the details of the policy and > implementation. Definitely. I'm all for bright ideas :> -- Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint = E8 0E 0D 04 F5 21 A0 94 53 2B 97 F5 D6 4E 39 30 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
