From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas S. Dye Subject: Re: Stable releases Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:55:06 -1000 Message-ID: References: <55CA2E6B.4060102@gmail.com> <87fv3gv6rj.fsf@gnu.org> <20150818204009.GW25378@cardamom.adamsinfoserv.com> <87zj1nf3pr.fsf@gmx.us> <87d1yh36lf.fsf@gnu.org> <20150821072107.GB31789@chitra.no-ip.org> <87mvxjfcb5.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56616) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTD0q-00021v-6Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:55:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTD0l-0007uL-7u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:55:28 -0400 Received: from gproxy7-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([70.40.196.235]:35423) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTD0l-0007tD-0j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:55:23 -0400 In-reply-to: <87mvxjfcb5.fsf@Rainer.invalid> 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: Achim Gratz Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Aloha Achim, Achim Gratz writes: > Thomas S. Dye writes: >> I do have a technical question that you or someone else on the list >> might be able to answer for me. When I downloaded the Babel languages >> from melpa just now, the elpa version of Org mode was also downloaded >> and installed, even though I didn't ask for it. Why is this? > > Although you don't say which package you tried, I would guess that the > "org" package is specified as a dependency, likely with some minimum > version. I tried the ob-* packages and I'm not sure which one(s) might have triggered this. > >> Can it be disabled? Must the elpa Org mode be installed and activated >> in order for the Org mode packages to work? > > From the point of package manager anything installed from the outside > doesn't exist. You can fake that in various way, for instance by > creating a package directory "org-21991231" and putting an org-pkg.el > with > > (define-package "org" "21991231" "Fake Org package for dependency resolution" 'nil) > > in it. Excellent. Thanks! Would it be useful to distribute org-21991231 on elpa? All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com