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>>>>> "VK" == Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> writes:

    VK> Gaak.  Are either of these puppies actually available to
    VK> commoners?

No, knave.  :-)

Seriously, the FSF Emacs development cycle is much more closed than
the XEmacs cycle.  I've bitched and complained to RMS about this, but
without results, so I stopped caring (join me in Following The Kyle).
The *only* reason I pulled down 19.34.94 [*] was to make sure that CC
Mode 5 worked with it.  I definitely don't plan on doing this again.

    VK> Hopefully somebody on the list can provide guidance here.
    VK> I've been ordered to do a software upgrade this weekend,
    VK> getting all our 3rd party freeware "up to date".  I've been
    VK> told that one group of users wants the GNU 19.34 (tho if .35
    VK> has come out, I'll install that instead), and another group
    VK> has asked for XEmacs.

I've told my fellow Emacs coworkers that I will support XEmacs 19 and
20, but if they want to use FSF Emacs, they are on their own.  So far,
I've converted everyone to XEmacs and even the one or two diehard
FSFers are now happily XEmacing (AFAICT).

BTW, I haven't been able to locate anything called Emacs 19.35 or
Emacs 20.  What I have seen is labeled Emacs 19.34.94 and it has some
MULE stuff in it (which I blissfully ignore).  I have been told by RMS 
not to call it Emacs 19.35 since "that doesn't exist".

-Barry

