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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-To: larch@yhetil.org X-Migadu-Country: US ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1658107471; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=f3zXVl1Q180p9a21Tf88cZkTJdj5rHBQb/oDa17uPtE=; b=IjeLtwamrnNXRMA3GORRKvev+tF7vzRBLHk3CXXEuBv7E5TyQpDCo9BSMMMld+3bP9O/DW tvpeZgsPoybIA/B95QqnQ83zCA1vq2Uc38QyA7LEI0k0gecPlDcUnVHbM28eOBCEvlfw/T xV6uybcUZqvJ8Ubnt0SEg9CIi1BVLtRUoUZJYerQgd8hdZheDcW49rJ8N26zHvjqxTy4b8 Ec5H1vmwwIg5WvcenZXP8ioDzCBNz7ltnrSVAr4AolvDpabLp7+IJSJKuSefLDzLt0EXNs LAN3FHotU2dUv9DCIO3Sr3FOJuqhQp1NUHu3bzXWcZO8QRrA9xDdhGJP02bt9A== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1658107471; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=r/VoiJj8kvZJMYQ3uXZmsYrFfExED+2xlTMDm3+uFXaeDcMEinHZqOWpYW/1NJMr33h6ms wXQ5s58oVcVGyTHhU1tQu6fogZsU1HYiTJhkwUMU4EhBLQRtiELz6UMkWrQqiMp5W+UwgL 9ivd2yv57wnTO0SSGVTKnSP9MXC+f2JkPUV6LcFqUg9gBof4mVK07xe9P+iNUSrGRG7iye HMy3vcdIV69hoJ/mTS/6IQQ6wRMOb4U+CkIMl6tYs/expcLcbzxzmcBuZukoKbdR1umR3p 2mPNXvVj9V93d28qbBk5Vh0q/4Mfzw0+RUQymxkHLeQdE0J8RTJo5bUlpkGOTg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=CX+iZOpP; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.43 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=CX+iZOpP; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: A76F72E3 X-Spam-Score: -2.43 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: OqaiNwzlk7Io great! one of the things i like about org is the close attention to user-oriented nature of maintenance. everything on mailing list, maint branch, compilation warnings few, etc. this is more of the same user-oriented goodness. i have noticed an impressive amount of bug fixing, code improvement, documentation improvement type of activity recently and it is greatly appreciated. it's a kind of user-openness attitude that i think improves the software. by analogy, kind of like including science-oriented research subjects to get knowledge and noticing and priorities instead of imposing an arbitrary wall. On 7/17/22, Bastien Guerry wrote: > Hi Ihor and Samuel, > > Ihor Radchenko writes: > >> In addition, we might also announce the oldest supported Emacs version >> in https://orgmode.org/Changes.html. > > The current release of Org is meant to be compatible with the last > three major releases of Emacs. That is, as of now, 28, 27, 26. > > See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html#emacs-compatibility > > If the current release is de facto compatible with older Emacsen and > a new release will change this, yes, let's announce it in the release > notes. > > We can also send an email to the list using the "X-Woof-Change" to > announce this upcoming change for the upcoming release. > > For example, the current release of Org (9.5.4) is compatible with > Emacs 25.1, as Ihor noted. This is older than Emacs 26. If for some > reason Org 9.6 only supports Emacs >=26, let's announce it on the list > and add an entry in etc/ORG-NEWS and orgmode.org/Changes.html. > > I think doing this manually is fine. > > Bug fixes from the maint branch should never change the compatibility > status of Org. > > Evolutions on the master branch can change the compatibility, but not > break the global promise of being compatible with the last three major > releases of Emacs. > > -- > Bastien > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com