From: Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>
To: Gemini Lasswell <gazally@runbox.com>
Cc: Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org>, 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Subject: Re: Bug: Link given to gnuplot-mode is out of date [9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ /nix/store/x7b40y4pxp69h343akhaj4fb9fspacdq-emacs-26.1.50/share/emacs/26.1.50/lisp/org/)]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 13:23:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wop2mwwv.fsf@yandex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871s7a3fzz.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Sat, 24 Nov 2018 11:51:44 +0100")
Dear Nicolas
>>>>> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> 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.
I understand the FSF's position from reading about their issue with
html-ize. It's not my position - but that's a different matter.
> 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
Best of luck.
Colin Baxter
m43cap@yandex.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-24 13:36 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
2018-11-24 13:23 ` Colin Baxter [this message]
2020-02-12 20:36 ` Bastien
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