Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> writes: > Rasmus writes: >> I agree. I have the same problem when I build documents (via CI) on a >> remote Debian server where I don't want to mess around with anything more >> than what comes with Emacs by default. > > You can use a tarball and the support for manual builds, described in: > http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-build-system.html#sec-7
I have no desire to use anything more than what comes with emacs-24-nox on this system. >> I understand that in Emacs 25 Org, Company, Gnus, CEDET and maybe a couple >> of other packages will move to GNU ELPA and thus separate release channels >> (these packages will still be bundled with Emacs). This means we can push >> out new versions easily, making more frequent releases more >> attractive. > > None of this is going to lift one core limitation of package manager: > "there can be only one". It doesn't support packages that subsume other > packages, so "org-whatever" is totally different from "org" and would be > installed together when referenced by dependencies even though it makes > no sense. I'm arguing against "org-whatever" and for less time between Org version N and (1+ N). —Rasmus -- . . . The proofs are technical in nature and provides no real understanding
