From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Van L <van@scratch.space>
Cc: Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Emacs 25 Mojave fixes backport
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:26:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d0soy3ye.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E9633E4A-DDFD-4608-AE62-A3D1B2B0D890@scratch.space> (Van L.'s message of "Fri, 5 Oct 2018 20:15:23 +1000")
Van L <van@scratch.space> writes:
>>>> there will be no more Emacs 25 releases
>>>
>>> What a bummer.
>>
>> ??? 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.
>
Nobody is suggesting that you are not allowed to run Emacs 25 + this
patch. All Eli is saying is that there won't be an official release
with it in.
Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-05 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-04 21:44 Emacs 25 Mojave fixes backport David Reitter
2018-10-05 6:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-05 7:29 ` Van L
2018-10-05 8:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-05 10:15 ` Van L
2018-10-05 12:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-06 2:31 ` Richard Stallman
2018-10-05 12:26 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2018-10-06 2:39 ` Van L
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