Re: [O] Remove Org from Emacs repository?

[Christian Moe]

+1.

(= Keep it in.)

Yours,
Christian

Carsten Dominik writes:

> 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, <address@hidden> 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 <address@hidden> 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
>>