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

[Tim Cross]

Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> starting from Org 9.5, org-contrib will be distributed as a NonGNU
>> ELPA package.  You will find it here: https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/
>>
>> See for https://orgmode.org/list/87wnzfy60h.fsf@bzg.fr/ for context.
>>
>> Thanks,
>
> Will there be an overlapping period (and if not, can we add such a
> period)?  For example, have one release where org-contrib is still
> shipped, and the NonGNU repos are available.  That gives users such as
> myself a period to switch over without things breaking immediately.
>
> If I understand correctly, the current plan is that users using
> org-contrib will have their configs break immediately when they upgrade
> to 9.5, forcing them to do both the 9.5 upgrade and switchover to NonGNU
> simultaneously.  It's easier if we can first safely upgrade to 9.5, then
> switch to NonGNU repos, and in the next release org-contrib can be removed.

I agree an overlap would be useful. This will give maintainers of
'canned' configs, like spacemacs and doom time to update their setups.

However, just to clarify. As I understand it, after 9.5, there will no
longer be an 'org-plus-contrib' package. Those who now use
org-plus-contrib will need to update their config to install org (fro
ELPA) and org-contrib (from NONGNU ELPA). The good news is nothing will
break. When you do an update, there just won't be an updated
org-plus-contrib and you will remain on 9.5. Only after you have updated
your config will you get a version > 9.5.


-- 
Tim Cross