On 30 Aug 2000, Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Juhapekka Tolvanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I fear, that it will take so much time, that we must have separately >> packaged XEmacs/Gtk meanwhile. And I fear, that latest upstream >> sources of XEmacs will ship with too old version of XEmacs/Gtk. Just >> check out, how old version of Gnus and Auctex ships with latest >> XEmacs, if you don't believe me. > > The strategy of the emacs{19|20} Debian packages, which have much more > separate lisp packages, though born of need, results in much fresher > modules and quicker update cycles, which would be nice to have for > XEmacs too (never mind my english, I hope you understand what I mean). > > Maybe all those Debian packages like psgml, auctex, gnus etc. should > be made for XEmacs too.
For what it's worth, the latest packages update gnus and PSGML[1] in XEmacs. Also, XEmacs/GTK just landed as a branch in the mainline CVS, although the merge isn't yet done. For what it's worth. I am not really a developer... Daniel Footnotes: [1] At least; I don't use Auctex, so don't know about it. -- What good is the Moon? You can't buy it or sell it. -- Ivan F. Boesky