However, the bug is not in emacs23, but in the packages which declare a
dependency on a nonexistent package. I'm marking this as Incomplete
because it needs to be split up into tasks for the packages which need a
change.
("Tasks" are the items which show up on a yellow background at the top
of the page in Launchpad. Add tasks by clicking "also affects package
..." and picking a package you want to add a task for.)
(Too bad I cannot go back and edit some minor inaccuracies in the
previous comment. Anyway, "emacs" fills the role you propose for
"emacs-default" and "emacsen" [roughly] the role you postulate for
"emacs", but it doesn't have a meaningful version number for specifying
stuff like "GNU Emacs >= 23 <24".)
** Changed in: emacs23 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199199
Title:
emacs dependency inhibits using latest version
Status in “emacs23” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Several emacs-related packages (list attached) depend on "emacs-
snapshot". There is no longer any such package!
The packages alternately depend on meta-package "emacs", but that
claims to pull in the recommended emacs, today emacs23.
I want to have only emacs24, but I don't want to give up on all the add-ons;
"mmm-mode" is a very useful.
But, having two versions of emacs (23 and 24) is not only wasteful, but also
a potential source of trouble -- having two potential targets for an "info"
request, for example.
So, I Not-So-Humbly recommend the following.
Rename the package that pulls in the recommended version "emacs-default". [
Or some other similar name ]
KEEP "emacs" as a virtual package name.
Have "emacs23-nox", "emacs23-lucid", ... PROVIDES "emacs23", and "emacs23"
PROVIDES "emacs".
Likewise "emacs24-nox", "emacs24-whatever" PROVIDES "emacs24", and "emacs24"
PROVIDES "emacs".
Then, have the add-ons like "mmm-mode" DEPENDS ON "emacs" if they are
version-agnostic, or -- as is done for Python (e.g.) --
DEPENDS ON "emacs >=23.1" AND "emacs <24".
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