[bug#42738] [PATCH v4] gnu: emacs: Update to 27.1.

[Brett Gilio]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Morgan, Mark, and all,
>
> Morgan.J.Smith@outlook.com skribis:
>
>> From: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith@outlook.com>
>>
>> * gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs): Update to 27.1.
>> [arguments]: Add --with-cairo and --with-modules to #:configure-flags. Add
>> restore-emacs-pdump phase.
>> [inputs]: Add cairo, libxaw, jansson, gmp, and harfbuzz. Remove imagemagick
>> and libxft.
>> [native-inputs]: Add texlive.
>> (emacs-wide-int): Mark as deprecated package.
>> (emacs-no-x):
>> [arguments]: Add --with-jpeg=no --with-gif=no --with-tiff=no
>> to #:configure-flags.
>
> I see that Mark committed a similar patch just yesterday:
>
>   
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=36a09d185343375a5cba370431870f9c4435d623
>
> I suppose Mark hadn’t seen the ongoing discussion.
>
> Mark, Morgan: could you see if there’s anything we’re missing from the
> patch Morgan submitted?
>
> At any rate, thanks a lot for the work everyone put in!
>
> Ludo’, a happy Emacs user.

Also, are we planning to keep emacs-next and have it track 28.x or
remove it?

Brett Gilio