Bug#893734: git-el: smooth automatic migration to elpa-magit (Re: Maintainer scripts for el file removal)
Source: git
Version: 1:2.17~rc0+next.20180315-1
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com>, debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org
Nicholas D Steeves wrote[*]:
> speaking for myself--if I
> wasn't already a magit user I would consider the following scenario a
> happy surprise:
>
> * dist-upgrade from stretch to buster
> * receive a NEWS item from git-el
> - says something like: git-el is dead, long live magit ;-)
> - NEWS also points to docs for getting up to speed with magit as
> quickly and as easily as possible. I'm not sure that most users
> would read README.emacs as part of a dist-upgrade. Set this to
> display for all versions of git-el since 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u2
> - P.S. I've side-lined an old project wrt providing quickstarts and
> printable emacs cheatsheets. Please pester me about this if you
> think it would benefit this hypothetical git-el -> magit
> - marvel at the productivity boosts from magit
That sounds like a very nice way to go. Filing this as a wishlist bug
so as not to forget it.
[*] https://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2018/03/msg00002.html
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