Dear all, I'd hate to see Org removed from Emacs. It took a lot of work to get it in, and I believe that the vast majority of Emacs users does not install packages. For a newbie to get to Emacs and to be able to open a .org file is a big plus. So my vote goes toward keeping it in.
Carsten On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 10:22 AM, <aaermo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2 cents from me... > > Besides I continuously see many users praising Emacs just for Org > presence (they even may be completely non-technical users), I'm > personally think Org may be removed from Emacs distribution because: > > 1) all Reuben's argument seems sane; > 2) there are situations when someone wants particular version of Org, > and it may be not tne one bundled with Emacs. In this case someone > should perform extra steps to ensure things are going the right way. > When Org will be available only from ELPA, it will be SPOT for such > cases. > > Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> writes: > > > Now that Emacs has had package.el for some years, and Org is installable > > directly from GNU ELPA, would it be a good idea to remove Org from > Emacs's > > source repository? > > > > The current situation is left over from before Emacs had package.el, and > I > > see no compelling reason to keep it. Org is too big and distinct to be > > swallowed by Emacs; it doesn't make much sense to keep its current > half-in, > > half-out state; so logically it seems sensible to take it out. > > > > I am asking this question from an Org point of view; I will ask the Emacs > > maintainers separately for their perspective. > > > > I think it would benefit Emacs too, as there would be less code to > maintain > > (even though Org is quasi-external at present, it still has to build > > successfully as part of an Emacs build), and the Emacs distribution would > > be slimmer for non-Org users. > > > > Of course, Emacs "distributions" would still be able to include Org > > out-of-the box if they wished. > > > > -- > > http://rrt.sc3d.org >
