From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: [DEV] Bump Emacs requirement to 24.4? Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:01:29 +0200 Message-ID: <87oai4w69i.fsf@gnu.org> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34786) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRpst-0000xg-F0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:01:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRpsq-0006Vy-4z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:01:35 -0400 Received: from so1.mailgun.net ([198.61.254.11]:40525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRpsp-0006Vl-V2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:01:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87y4hddl2y.fsf@free.fr> (Bastien Guerry's message of "Sat, 15 Aug 2015 10:15:01 +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: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Rasmus Hi Nicolas and all, As Achim said, we may have been miscommunicating, especially on whether it was about requiring Emacs 23+ or 24.3 vs 24.4. Here is my decision on this issue: - the Org 8.x series will be Emacs 23+ compatible. - the Org 9.x series will be Emacs 24.3+ compatible. Emacs 23 and XEmacs support will be officially dropped as of Org 9.0. The maint branch continues to be used to work on minor releases, as it has always been used. Instead of reverting changes from the master branch (you clearly don't want to do that, and I don't either), I suggest we create a new branch called "org-8-master" for Org 8.4+, and continue to use master for Org 9.x+ (i.e. "major major releases"). This is temporary: once the 9.0 version is released, we can simply use maint and master as before, and delete org-8-master. The reason for this is that we need to make room for new features in the 8.x series, so that these new features will be available to the Emacs 23 users. If we drop Emacs 23 support as of Org 8.4, we won't be able to add new features (e.g. new export backends) for Emacs 23. I recognize having the manpower to watch after those branches might be an issue, but we can overcome it by calling for careful testing before major releases. Let me know what you think, -- Bastien