Re: Permanently fix org versioning breakage during builds?

["João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 5:02 PM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > OK, what thing does `org-assert-version` assert and what is one concrete
> > example of a breakage.  Can this unexpected breakage exist if someone
> > has never ever installed Org mode from ELPA?
>
> The assertion is (equal (org-release) ,(org-release)) - assert run-time
> and compile-time versions of Org equal.

OK.  So AFAIU org-assert-version macro is itself a tool that you use to
"check sanity" in the face of the maroexpansion-site recompilation
problems posed by _other_ macros and their expansions.

So it seems to follow that if _those_ problems cause by _other macros_
somehow were solved, then the org-assert-version macro wouldn't be
needed, or at least wouldn't be needed for this job.

> My statement about "the idea will not work" was referring to the
> `org-assert-version' macro. If we wrap calls to `org-assert-version'
> into a function, only the file defining that function will be used to
> derive compile-time Org version.

This is the "XY problem" situation.  org-assert-version is solving a given
problem, it's not useful to consider it as part of the problem itself.

João