Subject: Emacs Packaging

From: Muto <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:02:17 +0200 (CEST)

Request to alter the "recommended" way of installing Emacs in GNU/Linux:

Although technically not a bug, the "Download" section in the Emacs website is somewhat vague in describing how to install Emacs in GNU/Linux. Rather than the options "build from source" or "use an older version", I believe Emacs should ship packaged with a tool such as 
AppImage (http://appimage.org)
Or FlatPak (http://flatpak.org).
This way installation on GNU/Linux systems would be simplified significantly and on top of that users would have easy access to the latest version rather than installing from a repository.
--Stay paranoid, and happy hacking! -Muto
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