Re: Updating without Apt

[bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)]

William Pursell wrote:
> I would be surprised if a major update to emacs weren't in
> sid within a few days, if not hours.

You missed the very long thread in this list last month with the
subject "I am ANGRY with Debian" where this topic was discussed.

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/05/msg04442.html

In summary, no, recent emacs is not available in Sid and won't be for
some time.  This is a result of the GNU GFDL not being DFSG-free.

The emacs packages have been orphaned:

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2007/03/msg00012.html

Fortunately Romain Francoise has set up an unofficial emacs-snapshot
that may provide relief for emacs users desiring something newer than
emacs21.

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2007/04/msg00002.html

Bob