384451 – Replace app-editors/zile by app-editors/mg on install media

Bug 384451 - Replace app-editors/zile by app-editors/mg on install media

Summary: Replace app-editors/zile by app-editors/mg on install media

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team

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Reported:	2011-09-25 18:35 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified:	2011-09-25 20:24 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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List of microemacs variants (microemacsen,2.67 KB, text/plain) 2011-09-25 18:35 UTC, Ulrich Müller	Details
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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2011-09-25 18:35:42 UTC

Created attachment 287721 [details]
List of microemacs variants

Our install media currently include app-editors/zile as microemacs, which so far has been a good choice.

However:
  - zile-2.4.1 adds new dependencies, e.g. it depends on dev-libs/boehm-gc
    unconditionally.
  - IIUC, the long-term plan for zile is to switch from C to Lua:
    <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-zile/2011-03/msg00000.html>

Therefore, it may be advisable to switch to another microemacs variant.
The Emacs team has looked at the possible alternatives under the following criteria (see attached list):
  1. The basic key bindings should be the same as in GNU Emacs.
  2. Disk space requirements (including dependencies that are not yet on
     install media) should be small.
  3. The package should be under a free software / open source license.

Based on this, we suggest that zile should be replaced by app-editors/mg on install media.

Comment 1 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure

2011-09-25 20:24:18 UTC

Thanks for the bug report.

Fixed.