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* Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA
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@ 2017-01-06  4:23                 ` Steve Purcell
  2017-01-06 14:10                   ` Stefan Monnier
  2017-01-07 22:39                   ` Tom Tromey
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Steve Purcell @ 2017-01-06  4:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

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The new cl-lib version now declares a package dependency on Emacs 21, which
actually renders it completely uninstallable in Emacs < 24, since the only
versions of package.el usable in Emacs 23.x have no concept of built-in
packages like "emacs".

This is going to make a huge number of packages uninstallable for users of
those older Emacs versions. Could someone fix this please? (Incidentally,
my fledgling package-lint.el detects some potential issues like this.)

Cheers, and Happy New Year to all!

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* Re: Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA
  2017-01-06  4:23                 ` Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA Steve Purcell
@ 2017-01-06 14:10                   ` Stefan Monnier
  2017-01-07 22:39                   ` Tom Tromey
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2017-01-06 14:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

> The new cl-lib version now declares a package dependency on Emacs 21, which
> actually renders it completely uninstallable in Emacs < 24, since the only
> versions of package.el usable in Emacs 23.x have no concept of built-in
> packages like "emacs".

Duh, yes, thank you.  Sorry 'bout that.


        Stefan




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* Re: Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA
  2017-01-06  4:23                 ` Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA Steve Purcell
  2017-01-06 14:10                   ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2017-01-07 22:39                   ` Tom Tromey
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Tom Tromey @ 2017-01-07 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steve Purcell; +Cc: emacs-devel

Steve> The new cl-lib version now declares a package dependency on Emacs
Steve> 21, which actually renders it completely uninstallable in Emacs <
Steve> 24, since the only versions of package.el usable in Emacs 23.x
Steve> have no concept of built-in packages like "emacs".

Something is weird here, because "emacs" as a package was in package.el
at the very beginning.  This is also documented in 
(info "(elisp) Library Headers")

Tom

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* Re: Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA
@ 2017-01-07 23:54 Steve Purcell
  2017-01-10  2:04 ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Steve Purcell @ 2017-01-07 23:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Tromey; +Cc: emacs-devel

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* Re: Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA
  2017-01-07 23:54 Steve Purcell
@ 2017-01-10  2:04 ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2017-01-10  2:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

Steve> The new cl-lib version now declares a package dependency on Emacs 
Steve> 21, which actually renders it completely uninstallable in Emacs < 
Steve> 24, since the only versions of package.el usable in Emacs 23.x 
Steve> have no concept of built-in packages like "emacs". 
>
>  Something is weird here, because "emacs" as a package was in package.el 
>  at the very beginning.  This is also documented in 
>  (info "(elisp) Library Headers")
>
> I'm not aware that there is any version of package.el compatible with
> 23.4 which supports both multiple archives and the "emacs"
> pseudo-package.

AFAIK most ELPA packages don't care very much about being installable
with package.el in Emacs<24, but I don't see any reason why we can't
make a package.el that works in Emacs<24 and is "up-to-date" in the
sense that it supports the `emacs` package and the new version-less
dependencies.


        Stefan




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2017-01-06 14:10                   ` Stefan Monnier
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