From: "Phillip Lord" <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk>
To: "Radon Rosborough" <radon.neon@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Easier way to port packages to older Emacsen
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:31:51 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b24dc625acc1dc88bee266c2debff8af.squirrel@cloud103.planethippo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADB4rJF0nM_rEuk96EygkwKhzO+ANfS76bcO1V12zgYi3JB8cQ@mail.gmail.com>
Well, I use EVM and Cask to test the packages on old versions. Strictly
this is still "install them and use them", but it's easier than doing it
manually.
Phil
On Sun, October 22, 2017 6:28 am, Radon Rosborough wrote:
> I maintain some Emacs packages that work on Emacs 25. It's been
> requested that I adjust them so that they will also work on Emacs 24. One
> way to do this is to install Emacs 24, try to use the packages, and see
> what errors I get.
>
> Is there a better way than this? For example, some package that scans
> my code and checks if I use any variables or functions that were only added
> in recent versions of Emacs.
>
> Thanks,
> Radon Rosborough
>
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-22 9:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-22 6:28 Easier way to port packages to older Emacsen Radon Rosborough
2017-10-22 9:06 ` João Távora
2017-10-22 9:31 ` Phillip Lord [this message]
2017-10-22 17:33 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
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