From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id 4DxmOypOlF88LgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:54:18 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id wNNDNypOlF+qCQAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:54:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A0CC9402A2 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:54:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:42310 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWLrz-00032f-VU for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 11:54:15 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49662) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWLre-00032W-E6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 11:53:54 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:48798) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWLre-0005GB-5F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 11:53:54 -0400 Received: from lns-bzn-32-82-254-31-120.adsl.proxad.net ([82.254.31.120]:38432 helo=guerry) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kWLrd-0005yw-K4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 11:53:53 -0400 Received: by guerry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CD0911A60E58; Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:53:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Bastien To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Subject: Starting from 9.5, Org contrib will be distributed as a separate Org ELPA package Organization: GNU X-Woof-Change: 9.5 Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:53:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87wnzfy60h.fsf@bzg.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.51 X-TUID: oewAqUkA77BD Hi all, "Org contrib" refers to the list of Emacs lisp files that you find in the contrib/ directory of Org's repository: https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/contrib The idea of this directory was to have a place where to promote Org packages even if they are not part of Org's core (ie the files that go into Emacs core.) It was also useful as a place to welcome packages from authors who don't sign the FSF copyright assignment. Both reasons are kind of obsolete nowadays: many, if not most useful Org contributions are published elsewhere. Also, mixing authors who signed the FSF assignment and those who don't is never a good idea for a repo, even if the contributions happen in separate spaces. Org 9.5 will ship without the packages in the contrib/ directory. Emacs lisp files in contrib/ will be packaged as an Org ELPA package that you can install independentely from there. The files will live in a new org-contrib.git repo on code.orgmode.org. In the long run, every Emacs file in org-contrib.git need to find a proper maintainer (who will decide where to maintain it) or to be listed in the list of Emacs orphan packages. If you use Org contrib/ files from git, you will have to clone a new repository when the split is done, within the next weeks. If you use org-plus-contrib, you don't have anything to do before Org 9.5 is released. When it is, you will have add Org ELPA to your configuration and install org-contrib from there. If you have any question on this, please let me know! Best, -- Bastien