Fedora 12: Emacs is not for software development

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 11/28/2009 02:12 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> I just did a new install on a spare laptop. I chose the "Software
> Development" option.
> 
> Emacs did not get installed.
> 
> Also, although neither mysql-devel, nor postgresql-devel, nor even
> libtool-ltdl-devel got installed, I ended up with a huge number of
> -devel packages, many of whom, from my viewpoint would like have an
> audience much smaller than emacs' potential audience.
> 
> Although an argument could be made about mysql and postgresql, I
> suppose, leaving emacs off is rather depressing, if that accurately
> represents the contemporary general opinions.

Why? It's just shows your personal preference for a editor. Emacs is
certainly not needed for software development.

Rahul