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| author | David Bremner <david@tethera.net> | 2017-07-11 08:19:37 -0300 |
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| committer | David Bremner <david@tethera.net> | 2017-07-20 07:01:17 -0300 |
| commit | c28ac94abfc03ca61c480882db73313bf06d237f (patch) | |
| tree | 4f13fef9f44e976b1dda5d1be454fba858388feb | |
| parent | d95ccfe979c6f797c45bc7f697d6ef457eb93915 (diff) | |
emacs: Add commentary for MELPA users
We have a steady trickle of people using notmuch-emacs from melpa with
distro packages of notmuch, and then being confused when it doesn't
work. Try to warn people what a foot-gun this is; this commentary
should be copied to the melpa web site.
| -rw-r--r-- | emacs/notmuch.el | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el index 0aeff560..44402f8a 100644 --- a/emacs/notmuch.el +++ b/emacs/notmuch.el @@ -49,7 +49,20 @@ ;; Have fun, and let us know if you have any comment, questions, or ;; kudos: Notmuch list <notmuch@notmuchmail.org> (subscription is not ;; required, but is available from https://notmuchmail.org). - +;; +;; Note for MELPA users (and others tracking the development version +;; of notmuch-emacs): +;; +;; This emacs package needs a fairly closely matched version of the +;; notmuch program. If you use the MELPA version of notmuch.el (as +;; opposed to MELPA stable), you should be prepared to track the +;; master development branch (i.e. build from git) for the notmuch +;; program as well. Upgrading notmuch-emacs too far beyond the notmuch +;; program can CAUSE YOUR EMAIL TO STOP WORKING. +;; +;; TL;DR: notmuch-emacs from MELPA and notmuch from distro packages is +;; NOT SUPPORTED. +;; ;;; Code: (eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) |