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  • xemacs on Debian 13/Trixie?

    From Ralf Fassel@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 17:30:02
    I'm looking for xemacs (*not* emacs) on Debian 13, but as far as I can
    tell there is no .deb-package available? Since there is one for
    Debian-12, I wonder what's the deal with xemacs on Debian 13? I found
    no rumors on google that it was discontinued or otherwise unsupported?

    TNX for any hints...
    R'

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  • From Greg Wooledge@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 17:40:01
    On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 17:06:02 +0100, Ralf Fassel wrote:
    I'm looking for xemacs (*not* emacs) on Debian 13, but as far as I can
    tell there is no .deb-package available? Since there is one for
    Debian-12, I wonder what's the deal with xemacs on Debian 13? I found
    no rumors on google that it was discontinued or otherwise unsupported?

    https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xemacs21

    Removed from testing in 2024 (click for details), no events logged since
    then.

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  • From Jan Ingvoldstad@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 20, 2026 14:10:01
    On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 5:55?PM Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote:
    On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:06:02 +0100
    Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> wrote:

    Hello Ralf,

    I'm looking for xemacs (*not* emacs) on Debian 13, but as far as I can

    https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xemacs21 has loads of info.

    Another thing: Xemacs has basically been abandonware for well over 10
    years, with, as far as I can tell from a few minutes of checking (so I may
    be wrong), only one update, and that was this January as a bugfix.
    This is regrettable, but for the past 15+ years, GNU Emacs has been, in my humble opinion, much better at the things XEmacs used to be good at.
    That said, I suppose that the Debian maintainer of XEmacs would be happy to accept volunteer effort.
    --
    Jan


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