On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Marcin Borkowski <mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote: > Dnia 2013-05-14, o godz. 16:38:08 > John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> napisał(a): > >> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Marcin Borkowski >> <mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote: >> > Hi list, >> > >> > I'd like to install the new Org-mode (version 8). I'm wondering >> > what method is the best for me. I have Emacs 23 (Ubuntu 12.04), >> > but I plan to (1) upgrade to the newest Ubuntu 13.04 soon and (2) >> > upgrade to Emacs 24 soon (I'll probably uninstall Ubuntu's Emacs >> > and install my own, though rather not from sources, but from a .deb >> > package). >> > >> > So, my requirements would be: >> > >> > * I'd prefer the installed Org to survive the upgrades of Ubuntu and >> > Emacs (of course, I'm going to uninstall Ubuntu's Org-mode >> > 7.8.02). >> > >> > * I'd like the install method to be relatively quick - less than an >> > hour, say, and I'd prefer my Org-mode to be relatively easy to >> > upgrade later. >> >> My vote is for git. No middleman (with someone pushing an updated >> package) = less things that can potentially go wrong. I've taken to >> this for LaTeX as well vs. Arch Linux's distribution. Just my vote, >> though! Updating takes < 5min, and 95% of that is just waiting for git >> to clone, probably because I primarily use Org at work and can't clone >> over git protocol behind my firewall. http is slower. > > Too late;). Though I generally agree. And for LaTeX: Ubuntu packages > are usually quite old. I usually (once a year) install TeXlive from an > installation dvd (I receive it by mail each year as a users' group > member;)). And once a year is way too rarely for ConTeXt (another > TeX-based document preparation system, with many things /much/ better > than LaTeX), which is updated more or less once a month or so. >
I figured, but wanted to chime in anyway :) I've moved to default TexLive, which has been surprisingly easy after the initial install. Good luck with ELPA, and I won't hold it against you! John >> John > > Best, > > -- > Marcin Borkowski > http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski > Adam Mickiewicz University
