From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scot Becker Subject: Re: ELPA Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:43:39 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87tylcy6gw.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87hbhc5rtt.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87r5ggs6u6.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87tylce24o.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87iq1srzoj.fsf_-_@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87eicdiwsy.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35359 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P0h1u-0007Hz-3t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:44:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0h1s-0006a1-Ub for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:44:01 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:55534) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0h1s-0006Zt-Oy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:44:00 -0400 Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so115312bwz.0 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:43:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87eicdiwsy.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Schulte Cc: Dan Davison , Achim Gratz , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Eric Schulte wrot= e: > I don't think it makes sense to use ELPA to re-distribute the version of > Org-mode which users already have installed as part of their Emacs > install. =A0Un-installing the bleeding edge Org-mode would be equivalent > to downgrading to the Emacs version. Sure that doesn't make sense, but remember that Emacs development protocol is very conservative, and requires included packages to stop all changes except bug fixes long in advance of new Emacs releases, for stability. This typically has had the result that an Emacs version is released with an org-mode version which is a good few org-mode releases behind---even on the day the Emacs release becomes official. In that case it would never happen that ELPA would be re-distributing the version already installed with Emacs. The latest org-mode release will always be an advance on what got from a stock Emacs. This means that if you think that there is a place for people to run the latest org release (as opposed to the dev version), then, it seems, there is a decent place in ELPA for it, or?