Morgan Smith <[email protected]> writes:

>> Maybe even uppkg.  make repro is aimed to "just work", so more 
>> automation should be beneficial.
>
> We haven't even merged this patchset and it's already showing 
> quirks from its evolution :P
>
> The only reason we have a separate uppkg and checkpkg is because 
> originally uppkg was going to do a network call.  Now that it's 
> entirely local we should just replace checkpkg with uppkg 
> everywhere.

+1

>> This also made me think about what users are going to see after 
>> git clone.  I think we should also update instructions to use 
>> git clone --recurse-submodules. WDYT?
>
> I'd be curious on how many people compile from the repo without 
> first obtaining a modern Emacs.  I'm not against it but I don't 
> think it's necessary.  Personally, I'd use the command "git clone 
> --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules" 

AFAIK, a number of users just install Org from git clone instead of
ELPA, but otherwise use stock Emacs (e.g. from Debian).
I have no problem with --shallow-submodules.

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