From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add Emacs Org mode Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 13:18:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87mvk7g041.fsf@saiph.selenimh> References: <87bn0otwcm.fsf@saiph.selenimh> <87fupz7rdv.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37680) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bb4I2-0001oR-3i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 07:18:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bb4Hy-0007L1-0q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 07:18:13 -0400 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:55438) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bb4Hx-0007Kq-Pz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 07:18:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Efraim Flashner's message of "Sat, 20 Aug 2016 09:56:06 +0000") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Efraim Flashner Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello, Efraim Flashner writes: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 10:53:48AM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > >> Thank you for the patch. Org mode is already part of Emacs; is a >> separate package for Org mode still needed in this case? >> > I notice the release date is about 2 weeks ago, so development seems to > be continuing, not just as part of emacs. How recently was orgmode added > to emacs? If it was quite recently then could this still be useful to > people using Guix on a foreign distro? Org has been part of Emacs for quite a long time already. However, as you notice, Org shipped with Emacs (8.2.10) is lagging behind current stable release (8.3.5). As a data point, Org 8.3 was released more than one year ago, and 8.3.5 differs from 8.2.10 by 2700+ commit. More importantly, bugs reported on 8.2.10 are unlikely to be fixed. This patch adds Org current stable release. However, a new release is going to be shipped on Monday. Also, this is without the third party "contrib/" directory. We can provide that also (license is still gpl3+) if needed. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou 0x80A93738