Bug#849483: debian-policy: emacs build dependencies probably need adjustment

Guillem Jover writes: > On Sun, 2017-01-08 at 11:29:05 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Just converting that file to Markdown is probably the best solution. >> Thanks! I just switched Emacs versions since that was easy and simple, >> but org-mode is a bit obscure as a document

Bug#849483: debian-policy: emacs build dependencies probably need adjustment

Hi! On Sun, 2017-01-08 at 11:29:05 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Just converting that file to Markdown is probably the best solution. > Thanks! I just switched Emacs versions since that was easy and simple, > but org-mode is a bit obscure as a document formatting mechanism, and > we're already

Bug#849483: debian-policy: emacs build dependencies probably need adjustment

On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 05:20:52PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Thu, 2016-12-29 at 15:55:27 -0600, Rob Browning wrote: > > Actually it looks like debian/rules will also need a minor adjustment, > > i.e. perhaps change this: > > > > EMACS := emacs24 > > > > to > > > > EMACS :=

Bug#849483: debian-policy: emacs build dependencies probably need adjustment

Just converting that file to Markdown is probably the best solution. Thanks! I just switched Emacs versions since that was easy and simple, but org-mode is a bit obscure as a document formatting mechanism, and we're already using Markdown for something else. Guillem Jover

Bug#849483: debian-policy: emacs build dependencies probably need adjustment

Hi! On Thu, 2016-12-29 at 15:55:27 -0600, Rob Browning wrote: > Actually it looks like debian/rules will also need a minor adjustment, > i.e. perhaps change this: > > EMACS := emacs24 > > to > > EMACS := emacs > > or similar. Or perhaps the attached patch is a better alternative? It

Bug#849483: debian-policy: emacs build dependencies probably need adjustment

Rob Browning writes: > And finally, we'd like to remove emacs24 from the archive as soon as > it's feasible, so please try to upgrade to emacs25, or add optional > support for emacs25 as soon as you can. > > For example, assuming the package works with emacs25, a

Bug#849483: debian-policy: emacs build dependencies probably need adjustment

Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.8.0 Three potential issues: First, note that the (emacs) metapackage version doesn't have any correspondence with the version of emacs itself, i.e. right now it's 46.1, so I suspect the current >= 24.4 restriction isn't what was intended. Second -- in