Re: org-drill futures

[phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)]

Stig Brautaset <stig@brautaset.org> writes:

>>> I would suggest the opposite: move it to GNU ELPA, for example, so we
>>> can remove it from contrib.
>>
>> Yes, I am quite happy with that also -- it would save the effort of
>> syncing it. It would have to be MELPA though, because I don't think we
>> have papers (I can check). This does have the disadvantage of requiring
>> people to update their config/installed packages, but it's probably
>> okay.
>
> I would love to see org-drill available in MELPA. It's the most
> important package I use from contrib. Moving it to MELPA means I'm
> closer to being able to live with the version of Org that ships with
> Emacs, and would not have to install org-plus-contrib.
>
> To that end I've created a branch[1] for adding your fork to MELPA.
> Based on your previous messages in this thread, I assume I have your
> permission to submit a PR? Or is there a good reason to wait with this
> for the moment?

I already did this.

https://github.com/melpa/melpa/pull/6207

They may or may not want to accept this at the moment; org-drill falls
short of their coding standards, and it will take a while to fix.

On the flip side, I have automated GUI testing working now which is
helping with the refactoring. It's also rather cute and I've not seen it
done with Emacs before. Have a look if you are interested!

Phil