Re: emacs.app for GNUstep for debian

[Gürkan Sengün <sengun@phys.ethz.ch>]

Hello

> > I plan to package emacs for GNUstep for Debian:
> > http://emacs-on-aqua.sourceforge.net/
> > Do you think we need to coordinate anything together?

I have a first package here, if you can try and give hints/patches to improve it, that'd be cool. i haven't used any emacs things of debian yet.

http://gnu.ethz.ch/debian/emacs/
(it'll need gnustep-gui/back 0.9.5)

> First of all, I'd say you should install emacsen-common and read
> /usr/share/doc/debian-emacs-policy.gz if you haven't already.
> I'm not completely sure yet, but I suspect that you'll need a
> debian-emacs-flavor for your package(s), and you'll need to support
> the other emacsen infrastructure, just as the emacsXY and xemacsXY
> packages do.
> You may also want to join and bring this up on the debian-emacsen
> list.

a cc: goes there now.

> > Maybe provides/suggests/depends?
> I'd also look at how the other emacsen packages handle this for examples.
> Hope this helps

cheers,
gürkan