Re: Debian trouble with Info

[Gerd Moellmann]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

> Dave Love <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > [I don't understand why Emacs 19 is distributed at all, in contrast to
> > ancient versions of other packages.]
> 
> We still (at last check) had a fairly large and quite vocal set of
> users that would be *very* upset if they had to quit using emacs19, so
> if we can keep supporting it, and if it doesn't make us have to do
> anything much more complex than what we have to do to support emacs
> and xemacs simultaneously, then it seemed like a good idea.
> 
> (In fact, as a direct example, I was having dinner with one of RMS's
>  older friends (who lives in Austin now) on Wed night, and she seemed
>  quite certain that she didn't want to upgrade.)

>From Emacs' point of view, these users are not very helpful.  I think
we shouldn't jump through hoops to support it.