From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Philipp Stephani
> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com><= div>
> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:22:56 +0000
> Cc: dgutov@yande= x.ru, 28630@= debbugs.gnu.org, to= m@tromey.com,
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0agrambot@gmail.com
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>=C2=A0 > Since no released version of Emacs has thread support, I= 9;m not surprised that they aren't widely used
>=C2=A0 yet.
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>=C2=A0 Well, I am, because Reddit, for example, is full of people who s= ay
>=C2=A0 they use Emacs 26.
>
> I guess there's a huge selection bias at play. Most users typicall= y use whatever version their OS distributor
> provides, and that's often not even Emacs 25. Libraries tend to su= pport 24.x as well, and therefore can't use
> threads until they drop compatibility with both 24.x and 25.x.
We are talking about developers, not users.=C2=A0 And newer versions can be=
supported by using the relevant version-comparison stuff.