From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: org-install.el in Emacs probably should be removed Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:32:15 -0500 Message-ID: <87vdrb9hvk.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <83d4dkyw94.fsf@cam.ac.uk> <3d6808890902151418y564c4f86w44d0cea114e126a7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LYuDV-0008Mn-Ur for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:32:21 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LYuDU-0008Mb-M5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:32:21 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35481 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LYuDU-0008MY-HT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:32:20 -0500 Received: from mho-02-bos.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.179]:56044) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LYuDU-0006zh-4X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:32:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Carsten Dominik's message of "Sun\, 15 Feb 2009 23\:40\:24 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: org-mode Carsten Dominik writes: > On Feb 15, 2009, at 11:18 PM, Tim O'Callaghan wrote: > >> The usage of org-install has the pre-requisite of having to compile >> the org.el files. This is no use to people like myself, who want to >> use the same .el files in XEmacs and Emacs due to incompatible .elc >> problems. Its also no use to people who do no have a build system or >> make binary installed e.g. windows users, locked down linux/unix >> systems etc. >> >> How about adding a skeleton org-install.el that gets overwritten by >> the make? > > org-install.el is part of the distribution tar and zip files. > I cannot include it into the git repo because the git people tell > me that it is a bad idea to keep a product file under git > control (Bernt?). The main reason this is a bad idea in git master branch is that the file gets automatic changes on different systems and looks modified after each time you run make. This file gets in the way of other (real) changes since git thinks the working tree is dirty and prevents changing branches, rebasing, or merging with a dirty tree. The contents of the org-install.el file are uninteresting and really does not belong in the tracked files for the project since it is a product of the build procedure. If you want a skeleton org-install.el in the tar/zip files then you probably should generate that when producing the tar/zip files. -Bernt