Re: Complied into debs please (Python/Emacs packagers take note)
Lazarus Long <lazarus@overdue.ddts.net> writes:
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> Subverting the Debian package management system seems a bit odd for
> a Debian package to do, yet this is the impression I get from each
> Python package I install here. (Emacs packages tend toward the same
> stupidity, and this is why I try very hard to avoid installing python
> or emacs packages on most of the machines I administer.)
The Emacs bytecode is incompatible with the XEmacs one. The same can
be true for new versions of these programs. So there are good reasons
do not distribute the byte code for all different Emacsen versions in a
debian package but to compile it on installation.
Torsten
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