Re: What Gnus version for XEmacs 19.14?

[larsi@ifi.uio.no (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen)]

steve@miranova.com (Steven L. Baur) writes:

> What version to put with XEmacs 19.14?  I've been wondering about this
> one too.  The problem with 5.0.12 is that it has a lot of bugs in it,
> and I would rate the stability of the latest September Gnus (v0.16) to
> be superior at this time (considering the basic/older features and
> XEmacs only).

I beg to differ.  I get, like, a one or two bug reports per week on
5.0.12/5.1 and a ton of bug reports on September Gnus.  There are
*lots* of bug in September.  From what I can tell, Gnus 5.1 is quite,
quite stable.

> One possibility is to phase it in, like they did with mailcrypt in the
> 19.13 release.  Leave old GNUS as the default, but include the latest
> version of September Gnus for those who wish to try it. 

This is what they are planning to do, I think -- ship XEmacs 19.14
with both GNUS 4.1.3 and Gnus 5.1.  I don't know which one will be the
default Gnus package.

> By the time 19.15 is ready, September Gnus should be 5.2 and solid
> (my unofficial guess).

My unofficial guess is that September Gnus will become Gnus 5.2 in,
say, five months, so that timescale may very well be right.

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