continuous delivery from ELPA archives (was: python.el changes in emacs-24)

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 03:23:26 -0500 Stephen Leake <address@hidden> wrote: 

SL> Barry OReilly <address@hidden> writes:
>>> BTW as language-specific modes have to compete with specialized
>>> editors, what about adopting a policy of continous-delivery here?
>> 
>> IIUC, the Emacs packaging system is already suited for this.

SL> Yes, which is the main reason I moved Ada mode to ELPA. So far there
SL> have been 6 releases in as many months (it's a new system; lots of minor
SL> bugs). Much more satisfying to my customers!

I don't understand what you mean by "continuous delivery" here, could
you please explain it?  I know what continuous integration and
deployment are :)

Thanks
Ted