Re: master df8e705eb2 1/2: Don't refer to Emacs 24.3 or older in FAQ

[Lynn Winebarger <owinebar@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 4:26 PM Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > What would be the reason to remove references to old Emacs versions
> > from the FAQ?  I'm thinking maybe we should simply exempt the FAQ from
> > this process, which is, of course, perfectly valid for the other
> > documentation.
>
> The purpose is mostly just to make the text easier to read, and to make
> it not look outdated.  For example, references to this new cool feature
> in Emacs 21 is not likely to be very relevant or helpful in 2022.
>
> But you may be right in general.  Maybe we should really just delete the
> absolutely antique stuff.
>

I've come across a number of packages where the last published version
still uses the cl library.  I had to download the oldest version of Emacs
to get a manual for it to determine how to convert it to cl-lib.
I'm just giving a concrete illustration of why someone may have a relevant
question about a very ancient feature, given the pace at which Emacs truly
evicts support for obsolete features.

Lynn

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