For auctex: the most recent version is now distributed via ELPA, which is included in Emacs 24, which in turn makes the print/auctex port unnecessary for anybody using Emacs 24. (I've been happily using it that way for quite some time now)
On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas <j...@wxcvbn.org> wrote: > > So the idea was to deconflict those two ports, to be able to use both > during bulk builds. Several ports are waiting for this as they depend > on newer emacs releases. > > I had sent patches to rename the conflicting files in emacs21, but it > turns out that it won't happen. *shrug* > > So my "plan" is to kill any use of emacs21 at build time. To achieve > this, there are several ways: > > - remove the port > - stop byte-compiling files at build time > - switch the port to using emacs24 at build time > > I'd kill those: > > net/zenirc,-main|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|B > net/zenirc,-main|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|R > net/zenirc,-el|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|R > net/zenirc,-el|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|B > > print/auctex|emacs->=21,<22:editors/emacs21|emacs->=21,<22||editors/emacs21|B > > print/auctex|emacs->=21,<22:editors/emacs21|emacs->=21,<22||editors/emacs21|R > mail/mew|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|R > mail/mew|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|B > > zenirc has seen no update since 2000, auctex and mew are lagging behind > upstream. > > I'd switch those to using emacs 24 : > > devel/automake/1.9|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|T > devel/automake/1.10|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|T > devel/automake/1.11|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|T > devel/automake/1.12|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|T > devel/automake/1.13|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|T > devel/automake/1.14|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|T > > There is no automated run of regress tests right now but IIRC people > were interested. IMO it would make more sense to test whether those > packages correctly support *current* emacs versions. > > I'm unsure about those: > > inputmethods/anthy,-main|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|B > inputmethods/anthy,-emacs|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|B > math/gnuplot|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|B > math/gnuplot,no_x11|editors/emacs21|||editors/emacs21|B > > We could either just install the .el files, without byte-compiling, or > move them to using emacs24 at build time. The latter is a bit of > a problem since emacs>=24 may use byte-compiled instructions that > emacs21 doesn't grok. But do we care? I have only heard about one > emacs21 user on OpenBSD, and he doesn't use those ports... > > This has waited for a long time now, if you folks have comments please > chime in before thursday. > > Thanks, > -- > jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 E7EE >
