Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@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
