From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Org-mode on GNU ELPA Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:06:18 +0200 Message-ID: <87bowuh1ic.fsf@altern.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45015) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qi3eh-0002Ul-OR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:07:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qi3ed-0005Xb-BL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:07:35 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52]:62095) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qi3ed-0005WN-0D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:07:31 -0400 Received: by mail-fx0-f52.google.com with SMTP id 18so3424459fxd.39 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:07:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (mattcto@safe-mail.net's message of "Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:08:25 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: mattcto@Safe-mail.net Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org mattcto@Safe-mail.net writes: > Org-mode on GNU ELPA does not distribute the contrib-directory. Is there > any chance this could be added? No, because the GNU ELPA policy requires that the authors of a GNU ELPA file sign the FSF assignment. One of the reasons we have a contrib/ directory is that we don't want to limit Org's distribution to files from authors who signed this agreement. > Other than that, I think the GNU ELPA > archive is synced with the trunk/master rather than with the actual > releases. Correct. > I often encounter minor bugs when working with org which usually > disappear after updating from GNU ELPA again. Is is possible that the > mainline release (7.6) is distributed via ELPA rather than a bleeding edge > development version? The main reason we have an Org tarball in GNU ELPA is to let users easily access to the bleeding edge version of Org. If GNU ELPA contains the exact same version than Emacs, then there is no real advantage of distributing Org in both channels. So I think it's better to stick to the current scheme. Thanks, -- Bastien