From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rob Weir" Subject: Re: Creating an Ubuntu Package for org. Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:59:53 +1000 Message-ID: <87ej4csl1i.fsf@hypercube.ertius.org> References: <48B26B22.7060504@manor-farm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXm2e-0002wv-OC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:12 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXm2b-0002vu-SS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57456 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KXm2b-0002vq-LG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:09 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:60264 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KXm2b-00061k-6h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:09 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KXm2R-0002kN-L0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:03:59 +0000 Received: from egads.ertius.org ([67.18.92.187]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:03:59 +0000 Received: from rweir by egads.ertius.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:03:59 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 25 Aug 2008, Ian Barton wrote: > Whilst it's pretty easy to install org from source, I thought it might > be helpful to make an Ubuntu package. Making a package may encourage > more people to try org as it overcomes some hurdles in installation. > Also you should automatically get up to date versions. Debian already has a separate org-mode package, currently up to date at 6.06b-1. The development release of Ubuntu currently features version 6.05-2 of that package. -- -rob