On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 10:25:05AM -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Thanks, Suvayu, for your quick response! > > sa> This should help you > sa> > sa> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#Keeping-current > > Yes, I've seen that ... in fact, have it "bookmarked" already ... the > procedure therein explained is what I've been doing. > > But I'm still unclear about "versions" ... > > How do I find the "commit" that corresponds to the "org-version" > variable value?
The version string is derived from whatever `git describe' returns (the release_* part). To understand the string look at the man page for git-describe. Look at Achim's reponse about your ELPA tarball question. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.