Subject: Re: gimp depends on emacs?
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/03/1999 22:59:56
In article <Pine.NEB.4.10.9905031851570.15359-100000@himring.draga.com>,
Jim Wise <jwise@draga.com> writes:
> Having the files in pkgsrc is not redundant because it saves the user
> having to wait for emacs to download, [build, ]and install to generate
> files whose contents are known in advance.
Supplying a replacement tool to generate these files would do the same
without adding any redundant files. I was never NetBSD's method to go
for the quick and dirty hack.
So all you emacs haters stop complaining and start working.
Regards
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Matthias Scheler http://home.owl.de/~tron/