From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 25 Mojave fixes backport Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 20:15:23 +1000 Message-ID: References: <39416B3E-21F0-459F-BA5D-E71878B3E12D@gmail.com> <8336tk3n6e.fsf@gnu.org> <83tvm022mm.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1538734422 10963 195.159.176.226 (5 Oct 2018 10:13:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:13:42 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs-Devel devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 05 12:13:37 2018 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 1g8N70-0002hu-I8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:13:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34349 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g8N97-00060F-0q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2018 06:15:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40053) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g8N90-0005zx-Vx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2018 06:15:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g8N8v-0007S6-Ri for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2018 06:15:38 -0400 Original-Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:39917) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g8N8v-0007OT-Jv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2018 06:15:33 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 185.193.125.190 Original-Received: from epi.local (host-185-193-125-190.njalla.net [185.193.125.190]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BEF6EE0003 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:15:30 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <83tvm022mm.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.196 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:230232 Archived-At: >>> there will be no more Emacs 25 releases >>=20 >> What a bummer. >=20 > ??? Why a bummer? Emacs 26.1 is already out, and it's standing Emacs > policy not to keep emacs-N branches active once Emacs M.1 was > released, where M > N. We only make exceptions when we uncover a > critical security issue with prior versions; otherwise we simply tell > users to upgrade their Emacs. This 25 Emacs fixes backport corrects a showstopper, it lets 25 Emacs to = install is my guess. People should be "free" to operate which ever version of Emacs they feel = is comfortably Perfect for their needs. I am trying 25.3 in the search for less gratuitous schleps in the = ui-experience without having to accumulate non default settings.=