[Orgmode] Re: ELPA

[Richard Riley]

Achim Gratz <address@hidden> writes:

> "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.
>
> I disagree and my vote is still on 'maint', i.e. what a user would be
> most likely to install if he was visiting orgmode.org.  Master changes
> too often and might have experimental commits that later get reversed.
> For anybody not following the mailing list this would be exactly the
> wrong version to get through ELPA, especially since ELPA (at least in
> standard configuration) does not notify about new versions.

I'd be interested to hear how many people actually use ELPA. I haunt the
#emacs channel a little bit and I know only a handful that use it. Is
the idea that it will be used more or central to emacs in the future?