Hi Reuben, > It would be great if it were possible to install stable org-mode > versions from GNU ELPA or MELPA Stable. At present, one has to choose > between installing bleeding-edge versions simply, or stable versions > built by hand. > > (I am a bit surprised I can’t find anything about this in the mailing > list archives, so do forgive me if I’ve overlooked previous discussion.)
The version on GNU ELPA (http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org.html), which is labeled org-20161024, is org-git-version 8.3.6-7-g4d7d52-elpa. I believe that indicates that it is the latest version from the stable maint branch, not a version from the unstable master branch (which is at 8.3.6-1264-g21932c right now). Hope that helps, Josiah
