Re: Allowing rolling release packages on ELPA

[Stefan Monnier]

>> This is the default operation for MELPA, which arguably has more
>> popular packages than ELPA.
> To my knowledge all of the major packages on MELPA are also available
> via GNU or NonGNU ELPA, so I don't know if this is really an argument.

For some packages (e.g. haml-mode and smartparens), we actually use the
`:version-map` hack to make releases, for lack of a `:version:` header.
So while it's not a common problem, it's real.


        Stefan