Re: [AUCTeX-devel] [ELPA-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/elpa r312: Update AUCTeX ELPA package to the new 11.87 release.
Off-topic for emacs-devel. emacs-devel squelched.
Uwe Brauer writes:
I wish [...] that there existed a debian-like-alien tool which
allowed to convert one package into another one, like deb-->rpm
This is a red herring. The issue of what XEmacs distributes is
entirely the build environment. AUCTeX is building in an
idiosyncratic environment of whatever packages they have to hand,
XEmacs-distributed packages are built in a controlled environment.
XEmacs can't just use the AUCTeX build system, because it depends on
technology our users may not have installed (autoconf, at least).
OTOH, if you have a GNU/Linux system or Cygwin and wish to build an
XEmacs package from upstream sources, it's easy. The effort to build
some kind of converter would not be justified.
Well if their package manager were faster it should be a
question of days not years :'(
Uwe, this is nonsense. Distribution lag has nothing to do with the
package manager, either the Lisp part or the human part (if Norbert
were any faster, he'd be a time machine). As David says, the problem
is a lack of experienced developers willing to deal with the
difference in build systems. I greatly appreciate your efforts, but
they've been insufficient. I've spent some effort on this, but it's
not ready. It's not at all impossible, but will take time I don't
have at the moment.
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