From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nikolai Weibull Subject: Re: Bleeding edge in elpa Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 18:24:23 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ioebmvex.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35995) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUewE-0006cD-5S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 13:24:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUewD-0002SB-6o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 13:24:26 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]:36360) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUewD-0002RY-0h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 13:24:25 -0400 Received: by wiwh11 with SMTP id h11so4341583wiw.1 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:24:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ioebmvex.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Nikolai Weibull , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Aaron Ecay wrote: > IMO this is a bad idea. The bleeding edge version is expected to be > somewhat unstable, and exposing it via ELPA will lead to foot-shooting > incidents. Is trying to manage it via git+make oneself less likely to cause incidents? >From the FAQ: The master branch of the git repository always contains the bleeding edge development code. This is important for Org's fast development, because code on master gets checked out by many people daily and we quickly receive bug reports if something is wrong. On rare occasions, this code may not function perfectly for a limited time while we are trying to fix things. It is therefore recommended to keep a known-good version of org-mode installed outside the source tree and always run the full test suite before using a new version from master. > On the other hand, it would be nice to have more regular releases from > master to maint. AFAIK the last one was a year and a half ago (Org > 8.2). However, this has traditionally required a lot of effort from > Bastien and others, so it=E2=80=99s not a simple case of =E2=80=9Cwishing= will make it > so=E2=80=9D. The more time that passes between releases, the harder it is to release a new version. And as this is the case here, having easy access to the latest =E2=80=9Cversion=E2=80=9D would lessen the effect of this. It would also a= llow more people to find bugs.