On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:42:41 -0400, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
> 
> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > I am looking for a way out which will allow pdf compilation of Org
> > work out of the box, and still allow texi2dvi to be used where possible.

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> Alternatively, the texi2dvi method can be reverted: it was an idea that
> was worth trying, but it has caused more harm than good at this point
> - maybe it can be revisited in six months.
> 
> > Any ather ideas?  Comments?
> > 
> 
> Nick

I would vote this way.  I like texi2dvi but maybe keep to pdflatex++
for now?  Anybody who wishes to use texi2dvi (as I would right now on
those systems where I have fixed the texi2dvi script) can easily do
so but those not aware of the problems won't be caught out.