> 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. --