From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>
Cc: Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org>,
Gemini Lasswell <gazally@runbox.com>,
emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug: Link given to gnuplot-mode is out of date [9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ /nix/store/x7b40y4pxp69h343akhaj4fb9fspacdq-emacs-26.1.50/share/emacs/26.1.50/lisp/org/)]
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 11:51:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871s7a3fzz.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878t1iooqq.fsf@yandex.com> (Colin Baxter's message of "Sat, 24 Nov 2018 08:37:17 +0000")
Hello,
Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
> Hi,
>>>>>> Gemini Lasswell <gazally@runbox.com> writes:
>
> > In the "Requirements" section of ob-gnuplot.el's header comment,
> > the link given for gnuplot-mode no longer works. The same broken
> > link is also present in org-manual.org.
>
> > Since gnuplot-mode is available on MELPA, I think the most helpful
> > advice for people trying to set up org-babel-gnuplot would be to
> > install it from there.
>
> > Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.1.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+
> > Version 3.22.30) of 2018-10-11 Package: Org mode version 9.1.9
> > (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @
> > /nix/store/x7b40y4pxp69h343akhaj4fb9fspacdq-emacs-26.1.50/share/emacs/26.1.50/lisp/org/)
>
> I recommend the gnuplot-mode from git:
> http://github.com/bruceravel/gnuplot-mode/. I found the MELPA version
> unsatisfactory in that it seemed to have missing functionality.
This is complicated. The FSF frowns upon referencing Github in a GNU
manual, or even MELPA. More precisely, no feature in Emacs proper — Org
ships with it — should necessitate to direct user towards a non-free
platform. No feature should require a library that should be included in
Emacs either. See, for example bug#32722 or "Dependencies of Org" in
Emacs-devel ML.
At this point, I think the only way to stay in Emacs is to move
ob-gnuplot (and other similar libraries that require non-Emacs
libraries) in GNU ELPA or some such.
I'm Cc'ing Bastien for his opinion about it.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-24 10:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-20 19:40 Bug: Link given to gnuplot-mode is out of date [9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ /nix/store/x7b40y4pxp69h343akhaj4fb9fspacdq-emacs-26.1.50/share/emacs/26.1.50/lisp/org/)] Gemini Lasswell
2018-11-24 8:37 ` Colin Baxter
2018-11-24 10:51 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2018-11-24 13:23 ` Colin Baxter
2020-02-12 20:36 ` Bastien
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