Re: ELPA

[Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de>]

"Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
> I would think that it only makes sense to have one Org-mode package in
> ELPA, namely the bleeding edge git version of Org-mode.  ELPA serves as
> a way to distribute packages which are not (or can't be) part of Emacs,


package.el in emacs-24 lists Org-mode as "built-in".  That's the version
included in Emacs, not a package on elpa.gnu.org as I thought.

The "bleeding edge" package would be the only one there.


> I don't think it makes sense to use ELPA to re-distribute the version of
> Org-mode which users already have installed as part of their Emacs
> install.  Un-installing the bleeding edge Org-mode would be equivalent
> to downgrading to the Emacs version.

+1

> Also, I would tend to think that this would make the most sense if we
> automate the ELPA integration s.t. every time a new revision is pushed
> up the to git repository, the ELPA version is automatically upgraded
> (with a git commit hook).  If this isn't currently possible in ELPA then
> I'd agree with a point Jambunathan makes in this thread that this is a
> trick we can help ELPA to learn.
>
> The reason I think the above is important is that very frequently the
> answer to a question is "oh, I fixed that, please pull the latest from
> git", and we'll be constantly frustrating users if ELPA can't keep up
> with git.
>
> Best -- Eric



  Sebastian