Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> writes: >> From: Leo Liu <sdl....@gmail.com> >> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:16:57 +0800 >> Cc: emacs-de...@gnu.org, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, >> Lele Gaifax <l...@metapensiero.it> >> >> Bundling [org-mode] in emacs doesn't help anybody. > > You never had to work for an organization whose network is closed to > outside world, did you? In those situations, using package.el to > seamlessly fetch unbundled packages is impossible, which makes > building a full and functional Emacs a pain if important packages are > left out of the bundle. >
Just a small reminder of the idea Stefan sometimes drops in these discussions: - Emacs "trunk" could be stripped of all but the bare essentials to achieve bootstrap. - distribution tarballs could be made from trunk+elpa. Since I dont do releases for Emacs I dont get to have an opinion on the matter, but if pressed, I would say this idea has considerable merit. -- Joakim Verona
