Re: The fate of ditaa.jar (9.4.5.)

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 at 5:30 PM
> From: "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de>
> To: "Arthur Miller" <arthur.miller@live.com>
> Cc: "Jarmo Hurri" <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: The fate of ditaa.jar (9.4.5.)
>
> 
> Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:
> 
> > Exactly, so it is enough to just download a single file and point your
> > org to it with one `setq' in your init file. So it does not need a
> > pacakge managmenet on os level.
> 
> Package management is how users should install software. Otherwise you
> quickly reach the point where they blindly curl and run untrusted
> shell-scripts from shady websites.

I agree with the assessment regarding shady websites.
 
> > However, Org could also simply say: use another distro that has ditaa in
> > it's repository, such as Arch Linuz (in AUR).
> 
> That would be openly hostile.

If there exists the serious problem of not finding ditaa, then ditaa should be provided.
For the rest there exist no problem and users can easily install from their Package Manager.

You can't brush off a boyfriend and expect him to do you a favor using Free Software
by telling him to use another distro.  ;)
 
> Best wishes,
> Arne
> -- 
> Unpolitisch sein
> heißt politisch sein
> ohne es zu merken
>