From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: [DEV] Bump Emacs requirement to 24.4? Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:50:32 +0200 Message-ID: <871tf4pbzr.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: <87io8tfrtk.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87vbctieu3.fsf@gmx.us> <20150806074217.00177cc9@zotac> <87lhdohmii.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87bnekrfgi.fsf@gmx.us> <874mk15862.fsf@gnu.org> <87pp2povpl.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87y4hddl2y.fsf@free.fr> <87a8tsq4d9.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87zj1sk4uf.fsf@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51871) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQhRq-0003o4-MF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:48:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQhRp-0004tT-Qt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:48:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87zj1sk4uf.fsf@free.fr> (Bastien Guerry's message of "Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:23:52 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien Guerry Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Rasmus Bastien Guerry writes: > No. You asked weather it was fine to require Emacs 24.4 in your > original message, then people pointed out that Emacs 24.3 was still > widely used, then you said it was fine to require Emacs 24.3, just > Emacs 24.4 was "icing on the cake". That's correct, excepted that you were the first to ask "why 24.4 and not 24.3"? So I assumed it was between 24.3 and 24.4. > This is not a light decision, as we cannot move back, and I don't > see the need for rushing here. There is no rushing, really. Emacs 24 was released in 2012, and lexical binding is a huge step forward for developers. There is some serious work involved to make the jump (along with cl-lib switch), so the sooner we can start, the better. Regards,