|--==> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
SJT> Maybe we could move some more of the XEmacs-specific gnus
SJT> utilities to either net-utils or a separate gnus-utils
SJT> package?
Some closer investigation is needed before anyone starts ripping Gnus
apart. I'd want to take a look at all the packages that require Gnus
to see exactly what their requirement is. There are bound to be some
that don't need Gnus at all, like TM[1], and others that can easily be
made to not need Gnus.
Other considerations are how will it affect Gnus and its
maintainability? I realise that I'm the obvious candidate for
maintainer of any "gnus-utils" package, but what happens when I'm
gone? Gnus is already split between 6 different packages[2]. That
makes for a confusing time for some poor unsuspecting would-be Gnus
maintainer. [3]
SJT> What do you think, Steve Y?
Four letters come to mind... P-I-T-A
Footnotes:
[1] It needs a Gnus _before_ 5.8.
[2] Yes, that's right, six packages! Count em... gnus, mail-lib,
pgg, sieve, ecrypto, net-utils.
[3] I should probably document the idiosyncrasies of maintaining the
XEmacs Gnus package.
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