Re: Shutting down Org ELPA: No new release of Org on Org ELPA after Org 9.5

[Tim Cross]

Thanks Bastien.

To clarify, does this mean org 9.6 will be the first version only
released via GNU elpa (i.e. bug fixes for 9.5 will still be released via
Org elpa e.g. 9.5.1)?

Tim

Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> over the years, Org ELPA at https://orgmode.org/elpa/ has been useful
> to make it possible to install Org and Org+Contrib as ELPA packages,
> but maintaining a separate ELPA space just for Org is not necessary.
>
> Org 9.5 will be the last release to be distributed on Org ELPA.  After
> 9.5, we won't use Org ELPA for new releases.  Past releases will still
> be available, though maybe not indefinitely.
>
> The Org package will continue to be available through GNU ELPA (from
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/) and a new Org-Contrib package will be
> available from https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/.
>
> Only stable releases will be distributed through both GNU and NonGNU
> ELPA repositories.  For those who want to test the unstable version of
> Org, please install Org from Git:
>
> ~$ git clone https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode.git
>
> See https://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation
>
> If you used Org ELPA and are affected by this change, please tell us
> if this change affects you.
>
> Thanks!


-- 
Tim Cross