[Nix-dev] Removing older versions of GNU Emacs

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl> writes:

> Author: eelco
> Date: 2009-11-19 17:36:43 +0000 (Thu, 19 Nov 2009)
> New Revision: 18470
>
> You can view the changes in this commit at:
>    https://svn.nixos.org/viewvc/nix?rev=18470&view=rev
>
> Removed:
>    nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-21/
>    nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-22/
> Modified:
>    nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
>    nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
>
> Log:
> * Remove some old Emacs versions.

FWIW I think it makes sense to keep at least Emacs 22.  I’ve been using
23 since the day of its release, but some people may have good reasons
not to switch (e.g., incompatibilities), and it doesn’t it’s zero
maintenance effort anyway.

Thanks,
Ludo’.