Re: Intent package mule2 and custom-mule (Important for emacs (lisp) package maintainers)
On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 08:15:01PM +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote:
> >>>>> "RG" == Radovan Garabik <garabik@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk> writes:
>
> RG> Well, the difference between emacs19 and emacs20 is about 10 MB
> RG> diskspace I am running a space constrained system, and users do
> RG> want emacs, and are happy with emacs19. What would you do? I
> RG> keep emacs19 installed. (and do not tell me that diskspace is
> RG> cheap.... unless you are willing to donate me a disk :-))
>
> Disk space isn't so cheap, but it applies to mirrors too. I think this
> is a similar problem as with data packages -- let's have obsolete
> software in Debian as long as someone maintains it, but in some extra
> section separated from the main archive.
I don't think the size of obsolete software in debian deserves extra section
(the emacs are a few 10s of MBs at most... and the rest is neglidgible)
Not that is is a bad idea - the need is just not big enough.
>
> RG> emacs is a lot like M$ word...more and more bloat with each new
> RG> version
>
> I hate people who make statements about things they don't understand.
I hate people who are not able to notice irony :-)
Do such personal remarks belong to debian-devel?
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