From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Purcell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Problem with new cl-lib 0.6 in ELPA Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:23:02 +1300 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114a4892cbab9c0545655fea X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1483676640 14002 195.159.176.226 (6 Jan 2017 04:24:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 04:24:00 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 06 05:23:56 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPM4C-0002Lh-2j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 05:23:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50054 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPM4G-0005pi-DF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2017 23:23:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPM3Y-0005oR-Q7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2017 23:23:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPM3X-0006ww-Ma for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2017 23:23:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wm0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::231]:35398) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPM3X-0006wX-Fs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2017 23:23:07 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wm0-x231.google.com with SMTP id a197so11393132wmd.0 for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:23:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=gEVDyzyVIO2OP+iejfzco8S7l9s8pA85BIS8pEZhZbw=; b=vdrz6zxkvNq8dpOjUpvBxw2dhdy35n4oiVOQcbzCmgBdGgkEx7ufhrR5o6fce8mY1q +M8rPTEVSz7B9nRZNKEG5PSsLBtrxjbxNQlouNFCopnIbosYO5Shf6aKAI6cfICTAexy arM8wD+EbKnxnAFBbWL3Zoan5hC2RGJyK7xX04T9D9bCs/9hTJu0irEy2CgXrDYeGpfr vAXXbAmB0XLIoiYZLPW4TYZ4/Tumw2SFUybxhQgTiYtrtHb542O6dWC26lXtOJ+3Ru88 TQL03L7Z8xLED2h8cCZMrPfo4B/ogqPKwbG2nKZfKIdL61EUT14LZLifOaTBEocZoThd er3w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=gEVDyzyVIO2OP+iejfzco8S7l9s8pA85BIS8pEZhZbw=; b=G22GeLlICQHblLzgboxPHAOofUH0I0WjuhnLfZKpf+sxpTaiPY5eHaKJH0AXRi/ASu PndLW4ih5DUP56Y3TtGMOlCndKhdRHaL3JXrNxJtX3U8t3m1OKj0UC8WMtd7c1uD0Gs8 /JixtR4yBtA1rkgCrxfZs0XqOnl42tyNQGVQWs29Fmt2QsGnG5Dnf66H+Pj6jCQUmkUw mlgWgRwGXFJFDzc9zf9qNJqD1bXt9xC15FYJnIJyDQAKdeay0txfUL5P+JH6sr1NzhTa qSYJqgVYiLm6ZToKB76vIl1KU06sOXxJ1WufQnBdwf7ihiz7ANkS+dq+6O1TqxdtWrUe +b7w== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXJpHjeAdocLwJE8OYfZnUrAKAUwKL0kQstHHJvD7E7MHovxvAHmhHkFhSc60fO86DyrY4FXVuWtyHdaEQ== X-Received: by 10.28.95.193 with SMTP id t184mr1184016wmb.93.1483676584739; Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:23:04 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.28.73.212 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:23:02 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.28.73.212 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:23:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: dFngdPctmgkHqMpKWYiwRRzuJEQ X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c09::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:211141 Archived-At: --001a114a4892cbab9c0545655fea Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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! --001a114a4892cbab9c0545655fea Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The new cl-lib version now declares a package dependency = on Emacs 21, which actually renders it completely uninstallable in Emacs &l= t; 24, since the only versions of package.el usable in Emacs 23.x have no c= oncept of built-in packages like "emacs".

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

Cheers,= and Happy New Year to all!
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