From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: joakim@verona.se Subject: Re: org-export raises stringp nil error Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:15:07 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ip539io1.fsf@nautilus.nautilus> <87zjye96ph.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87vc928kcm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <83sj46z468.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: In-Reply-To: <83sj46z468.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:28:15 +0200") List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: bzg@gnu.org, lele@metapensiero.it, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Leo Liu , emacs-devel@gnu.org List-Id: emacs-orgmode.gnu.org Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Leo Liu >> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:16:57 +0800 >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, >> Lele Gaifax >> >> Bundling [org-mode] in emacs doesn't help anybody. > > You never had to work for an organization whose network is closed to > outside world, did you? In those situations, using package.el to > seamlessly fetch unbundled packages is impossible, which makes > building a full and functional Emacs a pain if important packages are > left out of the bundle. > Just a small reminder of the idea Stefan sometimes drops in these discussions: - Emacs "trunk" could be stripped of all but the bare essentials to achieve bootstrap. - distribution tarballs could be made from trunk+elpa. Since I dont do releases for Emacs I dont get to have an opinion on the matter, but if pressed, I would say this idea has considerable merit. -- Joakim Verona