Re: [O] Missing patch from Eric Schulte from 2013-10-09

[Francesco Pizzolante]

Hi Bastien,

>> I noticed that I miss the following patch from Eric Schulte (from 2
>> months ago):
>> http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=15847336c39e7219e1c51c55d487f99956a06e34
>>
>> I have Org-mode version 8.2.4 (8.2.4-8-gf1b933-elpaplus @
>> c:/Users/fpz/Documents/home/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20131216/)
>> taken from elpa.
>>
>> When I download the current stable release of Org-mode (version 8.2.4
>> from http://orgmode.org/) I see that this patch is missing too (the
>> org-babel-tangle-use-relative-file-links variable is missing).
>>
>> Any chance to get this patch in elpa (without having to clone the git
>> master branch)?
>
> The patch is in the master branch only, your best move is to clone
> org-mode and follow that branch -- or wait until we make another
> major release.

Thanks for your answer.

I understand, but I find it weird that a same version number (like
8.2.4) gives different functionalities/fixes/patches according to the
git branch you take the sources from.

If I clone the master branch, I'll have version 8.2.4 with every patch.
While if I download a version (or take it from elpa), I will also have
version 8.2.4 --- but coming from the maint branch and thus with certain
patches (not all).

Shouldn't the maintenance branch keep the same version number until
a new release is made (i.e. until the master branch is fully merged into
the maint branch)?

Maybe I'm wrong on certain points... any help on this is welcome.

Best regards,
 Francesco