Håkon Alstadheim <ha...@alstadheim.priv.no> writes: > Den 08. april 2016 19:31, skrev Josh Triplett: >> emacs24-common Recommends: emacs24-el >> >> I don't think all but the most unusual configurations need the elisp >> source of the functionality already provided by the main emacs24 >> package. Emacs/elisp developers will want this. >> >> > There is often two sides to such arguments: > - An editor needs a scripting and configuration language. emacs has > elisp. If you want to be able to see what knobs are available for > adjusting, you look at the source. When your scripts have errors, you > want to be able to view source to find out what you did wrong.
As you describe it, the source file have a similar function as the debug files for a library, which are (for a good reason) also not set as Recommends. Emacs (and many of its lisp libraries) are quite stable today; so in the rare case of an error, you could just add the source later and re-run the problem. > - If you will never be scripting emacs, you are better off with pico or > nano as an editor. I use emacs since >20 years, and love it. However, I *very* rarely do emacs scripting, and almost never outside of some configuration. Sorry, I don't see this as an argument. To do scripting, you also usually don't need the sources. For me, the lisp source are really unused, and I think that I am not a rare, exceptional case. Best regards Ole
