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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-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.24 X-Spam-Score: -2.24 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 8C6A75C9D1 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx1.migadu.com X-TUID: XQ8tvMYGiUtV On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 01:41:39PM +0000, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > > Regressions are not the end of the world. Org does too much and grew > > very fast, which is not sustainable. > > But they should not be taken lightly either. > https://bzg.fr/en/the-software-maintainers-pledge/ I wouldn't recommend taking them lightly, but I think "never" is too strong a word. Org's grown so much and so fast, and has limited maintainer time. If the choice is between keeping Org up to date in Emacs and working, versus a problem feature, then it's appropriate to remove problems for the health of the core. 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