Re: is emacs in any linux base?

[Richard Riley]

Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mar 23, 7:23 pm, Chiron
> <chiron613.no.sp...@no.spam.please.gmail.com>
>>
>> You've spent considerable text trying to explain why emacs isn't included
>> in the base distro, and why it's unmaintained.  Fortunately, you're
>> simply wrong about it.  emacs *is* in the base Ubuntu distro, and it is
>> maintained by the Ubuntu folks.
>
> i don't have linux box or up-to-date virtual box to conveniently
> check. Last year it wasn't.
>
> can you point to a official ubunto page that says emacs is in base?
>
> am too lazy to check. Am doing reply here heading to bed. It's not
> important.
>
>  Xah
>

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=emacs+ubuntu+package#

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http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/emacs