Re: how to use contrib packages through ELPA (specifically org-export)

[Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>]

Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:

> Jambunathan K writes:
>> (Sometime back, I had made a request to Achim to
>> port my ELPA changes to the new build system.  I hope it is in his TODO
>> list.  Achim, are you there?)
>
> These changes are just what's in 395098f6f1 or is there more?

Yes.

(Just to give some history)

But I submitted a revision to that which you can see at:
    http://patchwork.newartisans.com/patch/377/

It didn't get any attention it deserved.

The link I recommended to in `org-jambu.git' builds slightly further on
what is in above patchwork queue.  One can customize PKG_DATA (IIRC) to
pick and choose what gets bundled.

For example, with your changes one should able to build a new ELPA
package, say org-e-*.tar,
    - which bundles all org-e-*.el files
    - which has dependency on org-*.tar

or 

create a monolithic org-*.tar
    - which "pulls" chosen .el files (that are FSF-signed) in contrib and
      package it with regular files.

I am not getting in to details here and it could be confusing.  So
ignore this message, if it is not clear what is trying to convey.

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