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Subject: Re: Please unbundle the custom and widget libraries from qgnus.
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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

>  Libraries that a
> package requires should be distributed with that package. 

This is true for static C libraries used by C programs, but very
unprofessional for Emacs packages.  The different is that different
versions of a C library can co-exist in different C programs, but the
equivalent does not hold for Emacs.

> If you do not you are going to have a *LOT* of people asking
> the exact same question on gnu.emacs.gnus: "where can I get custom?"

This is preferable to:

	"I just installed Gnus, and W3 no longer works"

	(the current #1 question on the w3 lists)

	"I just installed Gnus, and the modeline is no longer inverse"

	(I found out that Emacs 20.1 was released by someone sending
	 me this)
	
	Add to that all the unpredictable errors the bundling will
	cause in the future.