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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:17:05 +0900
From:      Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Martin Kammerhofer <Martin.Kammerhofer@kfunigraz.ac.at>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: about auctex port for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <wyd6zsryem.wl@eken5.eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201272151470.593-100000@homebox.kammerhofer.org>
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At Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:36:54 +0100 (CET),
Martin Kammerhofer <mkamm@utanet.at> wrote:
> : 2.2 Install to emacs' version specific directory
> : 2.3 Add suffix for packages.
> : 2.4 Add stub port for emacs20 as print/auctex-emacs20.
> :     (simply set EMACS_PORT_NAME=emacs20 in its Makefile)
> 
> I do not see any benefits for the users. Afaik auctex (the lisp files
> themselves) do not depend in any way on emacsen-version. If one package
> fits all, why should the force users to install/upgrade different packages
> for different emacsen?

I'm not sure but byte-comiled *.elc might depend on other lisps
while byte-compiling.

> : 3   Remove 2-byte chars from Makefile.
> : 
> 
> I do not understand what you mean by '2-byte chars'. If you are
> suggesting to replace the broken-bars ( ) with an ascii character
> like semicolon (;) - well, I do not have any objections.

Yes. As your message encoded as quoted-printable, it should be
replaced, I think.

> : No.2 in above is to arrange auctec port like other emacs lisp
> : ports e.g. speedbar,ecb,tramp, etc.
> :
> 
> I think uniformity of ports is not as important as ease of use. As I
> pointed out above, the possibility of sharing one installed auctex package
> among different emacs version is convenient for users.

I agree except above reason. If it does not matter, I will consider
to put EMACS_NO_RUN_DEPENDS=yes and install share/emacs/site-lisp/.

Regards,
-- 
Yoichi Nakayama

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