Re: emacs20

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> Once I've got X 3.3-6 uploaded, I'm going to take a shot at packaging
> emacs 20.1, which just came out.  Since emacs 20 is a beta (like emacs
> 19 was before about 19.20 or so) people will likely want them to
> coexist, at least for a while.
> 
> Thus, my plan is to package up "emacs20_20.1-1" for now, and do the
> update-alternatives thing as needed.  That seems clearly enough the
> right thing to do.  However, I'd also like to, later on when emacs20
> is stable and "replaces" emacs 19, like emacs 19 has replaced emacs 18
> for a couple of years now, put out an *emacs* package that is emacs 20
> (that also happens to conflict/replace the emacs20 package...)  Does
> that make sense?  Will the xemacs packages do the same thing wrt
> xemacs19 vs 20?  Or are they just going to diverge and keep the number
> in the name?

You could also keep the name in there, but at some point make the emacs20
package "Replaces: emacs19".



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