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Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:29:22 -0600
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To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

>> 1.  There is no need to do download and M-x package-install-file RET if
>>     the publishing server has a `archive-contents' file.
>>
>>     Org's daily tars are already pushed to Orgmode.org and then later
>>     pulled by GNU's ELPA servers.
>>
>>     So only thing needed is a public URL on Orgmode.org for package tars
>>     and an archive-contents.
>
> What this mean is that there is no need for Tromey's repo or marmalade
> repo.  Orgmode itself is a repo and can be used in `package-archives'.
>
> Since release tars are already made available on Orgmode.org servers, I
> think bandwidth costs are not much of a concern for those sponsoring
> Orgmode.org's hosting.

There is still the point of discoverability.  Many more users already
have the tromney/marmalade archives in their .emacs.  If every package
hosted its own archive, then ELPA would be too cumbersome to use.

Best,

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte