> There is still the point of discoverability. Discoverability is an issue when there are search engines, hmmm!
> Many more users already have the tromney/marmalade archives in their > .emacs. Have you looked at the default value of `package-archives'? It is in *everyone's* Emacs (for some values of Emacs). (Contrast it with many more users.) Informed users should abandom tromey's own alpha version of package.el. > If every package hosted its own archive, then ELPA would be too > cumbersome to use. Orgmode is a first-class Emacs package. If I were you, I would set the `package-archives' either directly by patching package.el or by custom-saving it in org-install.el. > If every package hosted its own archive Also this argument is akin to saying "Farmers cannot sell their own produce. They should all sell to a co-operative or a neighbourhood retailer." IMHO, having more farmers sell their own goods is good both for the farmers and good for consumers. It eliminates middlemen. Remember, a tar package is transported via interwebs not by trucks. So middlemen are not really required save for search engines.
