Re: Complied into debs please (Python/Emacs packagers take note)
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 04:58:12PM +0100, Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
> > 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.
Why can't the bytecode be compatible?
Is there some good reason why every LISP interpreter must use
incompatible byte code?
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