Re: Updating without Apt

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


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