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Re: [Orgmode] ELPA
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Sebastian Rose |
Subject: |
Re: [Orgmode] ELPA |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:35:32 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Eric Schulte" <address@hidden> writes:
> 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,
package.el in emacs-24 lists Org-mode as "built-in". That's the version
included in Emacs, not a package on elpa.gnu.org as I thought.
The "bleeding edge" package would be the only one there.
> 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.
+1
> 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
Sebastian
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- [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, 2010/09/28
- Re: [Orgmode] ELPA,
Sebastian Rose <=
- [Orgmode] Re: ELPA, Achim Gratz, 2010/09/28
- [Orgmode] Re: ELPA, Richard Riley, 2010/09/28
- Re: [Orgmode] ELPA, Scot Becker, 2010/09/28
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