Hello, On Tue 01 Oct 2024 at 11:11pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:
> I wasn't planning on doing something as dramatic as getting rid of the > `emacs-goodies-el' binary package yet, so maybe still keeping it until > after Trixie? We may announce its deprecating in `news' once we have a > plan. We've been working towards removing it for years and there is already a NEWS.Debian entry written by me in 2018, apparently, implying that it's intended to be a transitional package. So how about removing it *for* trixie? > Though probably it's a good time to start brainstorming. Following > Sean's suggestion, maybe we can start with major modes, minor modes, > useful tooling (e.g. boxquote, debpaste), etc. Suggestions welcome! My thinking with major modes is that they're meant to be unobtrusive. It's reasonable to just want all the Emacs file support Debian has available rather than making choices. Like installing texlive-full. Also, it's very easy to maintain. Whenever a new batch of major modes make it through NEW, they can be added to the metapackage. I'm less sure about other categories of package. They're much more specialised, and you're unlikely to want to use them without adding configuration to your init.el, in which case why not just install them individually? Also, it might be that the list of packages falls out-of-date over time, as trends evolve. Whereas a way to install all the major mode supported in Debian wouldn't ever stop being useful. -- Sean Whitton
