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Re: RFC: Emacs add-on packages and make.



Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> 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 :>

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