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Re: [Orgmode] ELPA
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Eric Schulte |
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Re: [Orgmode] ELPA |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:48:29 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) |
Scot Becker <address@hidden> writes:
> Dan,
[...]
>> - Would it make sense to have two different packages available via ELPA,
>
> To me, yes. I like using git for the development tree, but I expect
> that ELPA makes for a nice way for Windows users (and others who don't
> want to or can't use git) to get the latest version easily (and
> possibly even to downgrade if necessary). The latest release version
> is of course necessary as well, since using it is the main
> recommendation to new users.
>
I would think that it only makes sense to have one Org-mode package in
ELPA, namely the bleeding edge git version of Org-mode. ELPA serves as
a way to distribute packages which are not (or can't be) part of Emacs,
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. Un-installing the bleeding edge Org-mode would be equivalent
to downgrading to the Emacs version.
Also, I would tend to think that this would make the most sense if we
automate the ELPA integration s.t. every time a new revision is pushed
up the to git repository, the ELPA version is automatically upgraded
(with a git commit hook). If this isn't currently possible in ELPA then
I'd agree with a point Jambunathan makes in this thread that this is a
trick we can help ELPA to learn.
The reason I think the above is important is that very frequently the
answer to a question is "oh, I fixed that, please pull the latest from
git", and we'll be constantly frustrating users if ELPA can't keep up
with git.
Best -- Eric
Re: [Orgmode] [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, John Hendy, 2010/09/26
[Orgmode] Re: [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, Achim Gratz, 2010/09/26
- [Orgmode] Re: [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, Dan Davison, 2010/09/26
- [Orgmode] Re: [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, Achim Gratz, 2010/09/26
- [Orgmode] ELPA [WAS] Re: [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, Dan Davison, 2010/09/26
- Re: [Orgmode] ELPA [WAS] Re: [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, Scot Becker, 2010/09/28
- [Orgmode] Re: ELPA [WAS] Re: [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, Jambunathan K, 2010/09/28
- Re: [Orgmode] ELPA,
Eric Schulte <=
- Re: [Orgmode] ELPA, Sebastian Rose, 2010/09/28
- [Orgmode] Re: ELPA, Achim Gratz, 2010/09/28
- [Orgmode] Re: ELPA, Richard Riley, 2010/09/28
- Re: [Orgmode] ELPA, Scot Becker, 2010/09/28
Re: [Orgmode] [PROPOSAL] Quick and easy installation instructions, Carsten Dominik, 2010/09/27