> This package emacs-extra is not like the large, regularly changing > system packages that you might be used to reading changelogs for. > It does not have to be updated because glibc or gnome > or kde change - as lots of other packages do. > It is really just a collection of useful add on scripts for emacs > conveniently packaged that is all. > So a gap of several years in the changelog in this case just means that > perhaps no 'high' priority bugs have been squashed and nothing is > seriously broken.
As a volunteer Launchpad Emacs bug triager, I beg to differ. While there are no open serious or grave bugs, the inclusion of this package does not reflect well on Ubuntu or Emacs, and the usefulness of the included add-on scripts can certainly be contested. There is no documentation (no proper package description, even; LP#336210) so it is hard to argue about what somebody might perceive as added value, but given that the package causes breakage on upgrades (multiple reports vaguely implicating emacs-extra; LP#222542 is marked as Confirmed, but not a very clear-cut case, to me at least), displays completely incomprehensible and confusing dialogs when you install it (LP#112837), fails to run its own preinst script (no separate report yet), breaks with several best packaging practices (see comments of mine in LP#336210), and clobbers user customizations (LP#138966) and there are good, maintained replacements for several of the included scripts, including in the regular Emacs distribution, I would like to hear what, if any, the redeeming features of this package are; and in the absence of any compelling reasons to continue to ship it, argue for its removal from Ubuntu universe. -- funny menu after install of emacs-extra https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112837 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
