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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 ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1619113439; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=uepbQ+1EjxRKNlM5LusJ4wLvWH7cfL+CINzOJu/QC0c=; b=lT80bgOKuj9a8q9m8OovKzQcLWbSDB5T9DXX3OsvkqjdJMSt+fw9Uyj8x8wceYBCqZ5h/5 g3sEWtH1fzjo35zM34jLvOsh2C+ZrjsdkDnPPmzfLHnnvFTjhYBiiy1hQisNIh/NW099an DRjU39frg7nWchmqUP4q/PhO3xudQiuexPOjaUTlOAfntRFKMZ+plGzVK4iLnDEwdG18g7 dS/mPeAZl+uOIAR7SkELEssoBHJsAFQrY4uZsZa/6esd7Jp3TF6UJrE5QPNRSMAT0yHZGx Uzp86vrVeSY+jjjXwqDkpbMv5Wy9YKD47LfgFkFiyPfBXOL4nQjxL3wjSXOvRg== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1619113439; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=iGkGwpFX0wBT/BAn8dhzsmvzJoR8i0RhWB88eoSVyJ7OR18wBB3V5rVqcZdr7KobYUuWnH EB9/MPQ2KtZIXUI4D8NpPQNRkv8NljrlOD0Ai/qVe7CpSp+iRr45iZmXGnvhyUlSsgAx9r w4Nq03e/vNYXG6yaZlAs28senVptNq3WGhrz8ixvjTSr1GPpqXYOsKuX4QlSJPrwdJgerT ju0YutXDWHPlWwp50cx8OXZM4MH/1FnPmNl2ZF0ob2CWcL3yWIsT2eHvLWdvOpKEVdh8pl ZHZL0y7CjKQpCaELkEkMkK8RrcwjT9NFiA2tpM2VK1etr8fK1WXsspjWepnwQw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=lDcXV7PB; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.14 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=lDcXV7PB; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 65AA91E0F2 X-Spam-Score: -3.14 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: jN9G/Ykf1YwB Hi, I recently posted to the help-gnu-emacs mailing list about using the org-mode package "org-drill" and its long-term viability considering that it is no longer actively maintained - you can see the thread [here](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2021-04/msg00230.html). The responses I got often pointed to the fact that while Emacs Lisp tries to strictly say backwards-compatible, there may be no guarantee for OrgMode, the functions of which (as well as some other misc. libraries) org-drill relies on. Are any measures being done to make org-mode backwards compatible, so that older plugins aren't crippled by new updates? A cursory DuckDuckGo yields [this](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10636589) HackerNews comment, which seems to suggest that the "developers don't care at all about breakage". This may still hold true, but the comment was written in 2015 and I wanted to make sure so that I could: (a) proceed with educated caution using org-drill, fixing bugs where necessary (b) using an alternate spaced repetition application, ie. Anki/Mnemosyne (the two open source flashcard applications) Thanks, ~~~