3 This file contains notes on packaging new versions of Gnus.
7 XEmacs distributes the "stable" release of Gnus. For a long time
8 this was the 5.10 branch. Currently there are at least 3 contenders
9 for the "stable" release, and no direction has been forthcoming from
10 the Gnus developers. The 3 contenders are
12 - the latest release in the 5.10 branch
13 - the last release in the previous development branch (e.g., if "Ma"
14 Gnus is the current development branch, then use the last release
15 from the "No" Gnus branch)
16 - the version of Gnus that was included in the most recent release
19 In any event, tarballs are no longer being posted on gnus.org.
20 Instead, you must download a snapshot from an upstream repo, either
21 the Git repository on gnus.org or the Git repository for Emacs.
25 ** Files to (Not) Include
27 Upstream Gnus releases contain many files that are not included in the
28 XEmacs Gnus package. The following files from the "lisp" directory
29 should _NOT_ be included in the XEmacs Gnus package, as they are
30 delivered in other XEmacs packages:
51 Corresponding files from the texi directory should also be omitted.
53 We have not been delivering the current smiley.el, either, because an
54 earlier maintainer preferred an old version over the one that is
55 currently included in Gnus releases.
57 The XEmacs Gnus package does include the following files from the
66 It would make more sense for vcard.el to be included in the mail-lib
67 package, so that it can be more easily used by other MUAs, notably VM.
68 Getting that fixed will require negotiation with the maintainers for