Re: Remove Org from Emacs repository?

[aaermolov@gmail.com]

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2 cents from me...

Besides I continuously see many users praising Emacs just for Org
presence (they even may be completely non-technical users), I'm
personally think Org may be removed from Emacs distribution because:

1) all Reuben's argument seems sane;
2) there are situations when someone wants particular version of Org,
   and it may be not tne one bundled with Emacs. In this case someone
   should perform extra steps to ensure things are going the right way.
   When Org will be available only from ELPA, it will be SPOT for such cases.  

Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:

> Now that Emacs has had package.el for some years, and Org is installable
> directly from GNU ELPA, would it be a good idea to remove Org from Emacs's
> source repository?
>
> The current situation is left over from before Emacs had package.el, and I
> see no compelling reason to keep it. Org is too big and distinct to be
> swallowed by Emacs; it doesn't make much sense to keep its current half-in,
> half-out state; so logically it seems sensible to take it out.
>
> I am asking this question from an Org point of view; I will ask the Emacs
> maintainers separately for their perspective.
>
> I think it would benefit Emacs too, as there would be less code to maintain
> (even though Org is quasi-external at present, it still has to build
> successfully as part of an Emacs build), and the Emacs distribution would
> be slimmer for non-Org users.
>
> Of course, Emacs "distributions" would still be able to include Org
> out-of-the box if they wished.
>
> -- 
> http://rrt.sc3d.org

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