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.
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David Bremner 2017-07-11 08:19:37 -03:00
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;; Have fun, and let us know if you have any comment, questions, or ;; Have fun, and let us know if you have any comment, questions, or
;; kudos: Notmuch list <notmuch@notmuchmail.org> (subscription is not ;; kudos: Notmuch list <notmuch@notmuchmail.org> (subscription is not
;; required, but is available from https://notmuchmail.org). ;; 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: ;;; Code:
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))