Hi Achim, Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> writes:
>> - it advices `require', which is a very core function in Emacs. > > Which has been discussed on Emacs devel and has been pronounced safe in > this case. No. Stefan just said it was safe to *experiment* with it. > Like a few hundred other places in Emacs and Org. Also, when some day > Emacs will perhaps solve the problem, the solution will likely be > something very similar: renaming the require primitive and creating a > wrapper in Lisp that does what the advice is doing. Feel free to push into that direction in Emacs. >> This is like telling Windows users to reboot their system so that it >> can works correctly (remember the old days?). It feels wrong. And I >> doubt we can educate the users -- there are many of them, and many >> don't have the time to tell they have a problem. > > So why are you trying to educate users not to use ELPA when you think > it's a waste of time? I'm not educating anyone. For users who have problems when installing Org through ELPA, I advise them to use another method. > You're confusing me. Do you want to remove Org from ELPA or not? I think this is a good option, but I will ping users before, as I already said. Please don't waste your time and mine arguing about this. -- Bastien
