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Re: emacs22 Debian package?



Selon Romain Francoise <rfrancoise@debian.org>:

> Jérôme Marant <jmarant@free.fr> writes:
>
> > Taking over the package without asking him about what he plans
> > about Emacs and his contribution would be rude.
>
> I see your point about him being the historical maintainer of the
> stable Emacs packages, but on the other hand Emacs 22 has been
> maintained in Debian for the last 18 months by me, not him.  Not
> under the name 'emacs22', but still.

There is no emacs21 nor emacs22. There is Emacs. Those are just
technical package names refering to the same program.
As far as I know, Rob is still the Emacs maintainer. And trying
to decide the future of the package without even CC'ing him
is just unfair.

> And anyway, my proposition was not to "take over" his packages, but
> to inject new life into Debian's Emacs world by forming a team that
> includes him, you, and everybody else who might be interested and
> has time to contribute.

This is fine. It would be nice to him to include him in the discussion.

--
Jérôme Marant



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