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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
Cc: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>,
	 Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>,
	Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>,
	 emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Delete some Emacs 24 compat code
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:50:49 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874jyke2qu.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y1vydz9t.fsf@gnu.org>

Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Therefore, I think the position should be that once an emacs version is
>> no longer one of the supported versions (current stable Emacs release
>> plus two previous major versions), there is no guarantee we will inform
>> the list when compatibility is lost. 
>
> Yes, fully agreed.  If my previous message was unclear: it is *good*
> to inform the list of any compatibility issue (with any Emacsen), but
> we cannot promise we will warn the list for every breakage as we don't
> test Org with Emacs <=25.

Should we document this workflow in
https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html ?

>> If you are running an unsupported
>> versions, either you should avoid updates or be prepared for breakage
>> without warning. When we do know a commit has broken compatibility, that
>> information will be relayed to the list, but we cannot guarantee we can
>> provide such information at the time the change is committed. Running an
>> unsupported versions is at your own risk.
>
> Yes, thanks for articulating this very clearly.

Maybe we can add this information to the manual in the Installation section?

-- 
Ihor Radchenko,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at https://orgmode.org/.
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  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-10 11:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-30 11:19 [PATCH] Delete some Emacs 24 compat code Stefan Kangas
2022-06-30 13:36 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-30 13:39   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-30 15:25   ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-02  4:11     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-30 15:25 ` Max Nikulin
2022-06-30 15:47   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-30 22:46     ` Samuel Wales
2022-07-01  2:45       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-01  3:11         ` Samuel Wales
2022-07-01  4:00           ` Tim Cross
2022-07-01  4:44             ` Samuel Wales
2022-07-17  9:35         ` Bastien Guerry
2022-07-18  1:23           ` Samuel Wales
2022-07-31 12:54           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-08-08 15:46             ` Bastien
2022-08-08 22:12               ` Tim Cross
2022-08-09  0:41                 ` Bastien
2022-08-10 11:50                   ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-08-11 10:23                     ` Bastien
2022-08-11 11:53                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-08-12  6:30                         ` Bastien
2022-08-09 15:58               ` Max Nikulin
2022-08-10  0:06                 ` Tim Cross
2022-08-10  0:59                 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-08-10  1:13                   ` Tim Cross
2022-08-10  4:55                     ` Tom Gillespie
2022-08-10 14:18                       ` Tim Cross
2022-08-11  2:59                         ` Samuel Wales
2022-08-11  5:34                           ` Tim Cross
2022-08-11  5:56                           ` Tim Cross

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