Re: Starting from 9.5, Org contrib will be distributed as a separate NonGNU ELPA package

[Samuel Wales]

what is the recommendation for those of us who don't use package
systems?  get contrib from some github-like repo someplace or
something + get org from git as usual?

or...?

On 4/11/21, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi Allen,
>
> sorry for the late reply.
>
> Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:
>
>> Will there be an overlapping period (and if not, can we add such a
>> period)?
>
> yes, there will be an overlapping period.
>
> 9.5-without-contrib will be released on GNU ELPA and Org ELPA,
> with a warning that Org ELPA will be closed.
>
> An last 9.5-plus-contrib will be manually build and released on
> Org ELPA, warning users that these package is the last one and
> pointing to instructions on how to update their installation.
>
> And a new org-contrib package will be released on NonGNU ELPA.
>
> Then, after this overlapping period, 9.6 will only be released
> on GNU ELPA and org-contrib on NonGNU ELPA.
>
> Let me know if that sounds okay to you.
>
> Best,
>
> --
>  Bastien
>
>


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