Re: debian's gnus package older than its emacs builtin gnus?
Manoj> emacs 21 comes with gnus 5.9.0; and the stand alone gnus
Manoj> package version 5.8.8 does not over ride it. I do not see a bug
Manoj> here.
Dan> My goodness, you mean if I apt-get remove gnus, my gnus will
Dan> suddenly get newer...
Dan> What is the justification for a standalone package for gnus if
Dan> one need emacs to run gnus, and that emacs has a newer gnus
^^^^^
Dan> inside?
You mean emacs21. Not emacs20, which many people (including myself
until 2 weeks ago) use.
Dan> Anyway, am I safe to apt-get remove gnus? Will it actually
Dan> freshen my gnus?
Depends on which emacs you have.
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