On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM Peter Oliver
<lists.fedoraproject....@mavit.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear edition maintainers, what would be the most suitable Emacs for your
> edition?
>
> We build four different GNU Emacs binaries in Fedora. From newest to oldest:
>
> • emacs-pgtk - “Pure” GTK. Wayland (and Broadway) native. Is reportedly
> better on high-DPI screens, but is disrecommended on X11 by upstream, where
> is has some bugs versus the hybrid GTK/X11 build. Styled via the GTK theme.
> • emacs-gtk+x11 - Uses a mixture of GTK and X11 calls, so can only run on
> Wayland via XWayland. Styled partly via the GTK theme, and partly via X
> resources.
> • emacs-lucid - Unlike GTK, the Lucid toolkit can repeatedly connect and
> disconnect from an X11 server, which can be useful when running Emacs
> remotely. Again, requires XWayland on Wayland. Styled via X resources.
> Looks at bit more basic (some might say old-fashioned) compared to the GTK
> builds.
> • emacs-nw - “no window system”. Terminal only. Fewer dependecies.
>
> This is potentially pretty confusing for users, so, in Fedora 43, I’ve had a
> go at suggesting suitable default subpackages for when a user does “dnf
> install emacs”:
>
I would probably go with:
Suggests: (emacs-pgtk%{?_isa} if libwayland-server%{?_isa})
Suggests: (emacs-gtk+x11%{?_isa} if xorg-x11-server-Xorg%{?_isa})
Suggests: (emacs-nw unless%{?_isa} unless (libwayland-server%{?_isa}
or xorg-x11-server-Xorg%{?_isa})
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