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Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages



Hello,

On Thu 17 Oct 2024 at 10:22pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Reusing the emacs-goodies-el source package just seemed convenient.
>> Making a separate source package is fine with me.  Xiyue?
>>
>
> Ack.  Let me make a new source package then.  Is
> `emacs-editing-major-mode' good for the source package name?
>
> [ BTW, as I mentioned I was thinking about introducing more metapackages
> for various useful tools/minor modes/etc., so I would have suggested
> something more generic for the source package name.  Now I think the
> Debtag system Nicholas mentioned may work better, and we can also set up
> a Debian Wiki page for an overview of packaged Addons in Debian, which
> would also serve the purpose. ]

Note that debtags has been sunset and is officially unmaintained.  It
might go away at any time.

How about calling it emacs-addons-metapackages just in case we want
something else some day?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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