Dear Nicolas
>>>>> Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> Hello, Colin Baxter <m43...@yandex.com> writes:
>> Hi,
>>>>>>> Gemini Lasswell <gaza...@runbox.com> writes:
>>
>> > In the "Requirements" section of ob-gnuplot.el's header
>> comment, > the link given for gnuplot-mode no longer works. The
>> same broken > link is also present in org-manual.org.
>>
>> > Since gnuplot-mode is available on MELPA, I think the most
>> helpful > advice for people trying to set up org-babel-gnuplot
>> would be to > install it from there.
>>
>> > Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.1.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ >
>> Version 3.22.30) of 2018-10-11 Package: Org mode version 9.1.9 >
>> (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ >
>>
/nix/store/x7b40y4pxp69h343akhaj4fb9fspacdq-emacs-26.1.50/share/emacs/26.1.50/lisp/org/)
>>
>> I recommend the gnuplot-mode from git:
>> http://github.com/bruceravel/gnuplot-mode/. I found the MELPA
>> version unsatisfactory in that it seemed to have missing
>> functionality.
> This is complicated. The FSF frowns upon referencing Github in a
> GNU manual, or even MELPA. More precisely, no feature in Emacs
> proper — Org ships with it — should necessitate to direct user
> towards a non-free platform. No feature should require a library
> that should be included in Emacs either. See, for example
> bug#32722 or "Dependencies of Org" in Emacs-devel ML.
I understand the FSF's position from reading about their issue with
html-ize. It's not my position - but that's a different matter.
> At this point, I think the only way to stay in Emacs is to move
> ob-gnuplot (and other similar libraries that require non-Emacs
> libraries) in GNU ELPA or some such.
> I'm Cc'ing Bastien for his opinion about it.
> Regards,
> -- Nicolas Goaziou
Best of luck.
Colin Baxter
m43...@yandex.com
