PSARC/2008/494 GNU emacs

[Ali Bahrami]

John Plocher wrote:
> Ali Bahrami wrote:
>> Note that there are two emacs variants in wide use, GNU emacs,
>> and Xemacs. This case is for GNU emacs only.
> 
> 
>>      SUNWemacs
>>      SUNWemacs-el
>>      SUNWemacs-x
>>      SUNWemacs-nox
> 
> 
> Given that there will probably also be a call for having Xemacs,
> wouldn't it be better to use package names that make it obvious
> which one this is?  Maybe SUNWgnuemacs or  GNUemacs or ....
> 
>    -John
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GNU emacs is usually referred to as 'emacs', while Xemacs is 'xemacs'.
My assumption is that the Xemacs packages would therefore be
SUNWxemacs-*.

I agree that it's subtle, but this is the way those commands are commonly
named, and I was following that pattern.

The description lines in  the GNU packages all say "GNU emacs",
which should help to make it more obvious, and I would hope that the
Xemacs package descriptions would be equally explicit. That should
largely address any confusion.

Although I would rather leave these as described, I am open to
a change if the ARC feels it to be necessary.

- Ali