From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tftorrey@tftorrey.com (T.F. Torrey) Subject: Re: Bleeding edge in elpa Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 23:48:31 -0700 Message-ID: <874mpuvf7k.fsf@jack.tftorrey.com> References: <871tkzb9i1.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48014) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUsp6-00022W-MK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2015 04:14:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUsp3-0003Ao-GU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2015 04:14:00 -0400 Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::197]:36291) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUsp3-0003AY-AK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2015 04:13:57 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871tkzb9i1.fsf@gmx.us> (message from Rasmus on Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:59:50 +0100) 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: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, Rasmus writes: > As I think somebody said, the correct "fix" to this problem is more > frequent released. I'm sure Bastien would appreciate help with this. > Do you want to volunteer? If the goal is to have the latest and greatest version of Org available via ELPA (for all the reasons some people use ELPA instead of git), there are two obvious options: 1. Org could have a stable release every month or so. 2. The Org server could be configured to automatically package the master version of Org every day, as the maint version is now. Option 1 is widely regarded as the best choice. However, it requires a lot of actual, repeated human effort. As Debian repeatedly demonstrates, this is very hard to do, even once. If option 1 could be done, it would already be done. Option 2 would be a one-time (mostly) human effort, and the daily work would be automated. So, if the goal is to have the latest and greates version of Org available via ELPA (and it should be), option 2 is the only one that is possible in the real world, so that's the one we should set up. All the best, Terry -- T.F. Torrey