Hello, Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> writes:
> It doesn't get any easier than it already is. Having both a stable and > an unstable version of Org avilable via ELPA is a non-starter for the > simple reason that the package manager can't deal with the versioning > problems this would introduce. I think this is not only not a "non-starter", I think it is very easy with the existing package manager. The package manager can only handle one version of a package *per archive*, so instead use one archive per version. The current daily builds are here: http://orgmode.org/elpa/ To allow choosing between stable (maint) and unstable (master), put the package archives here instead: Stable: http://orgmode.org/elpa-stable/ Unstable: http://orgmode.org/elpa-unstable/ Then, just add-to-list 'package-archives whichever flavor you want. (And actually, to do away with the current conflict between the org and org-plus-contrib packages, each of those should be in a separate archive as well.) If the next version of Emacs breaks Org out of core into the GNU ELPA package archive, things can be even easier: Keep the stable version in the GNU package archive, and keep the unstable version in the archive on the orgmode.org server. (And personally, I think the "contrib" parts should either be merged into the core or split into separate packages, but that's another can of worms.) All the best, Terry -- T.F. Torrey
