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To: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>
Cc: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Great, so should Org-mode require cl-lib and stop supporting the
>>> following functions?
>>
>> I guess so.  But I'm unclear yet whether this removes compatibility
>> with older Emacsen.  I'll check this.
>
> I believe it does remove compatibility with anything pre-24.0.  At
> least, there is no cl-lib in GNU Emacs 23.4.1, which is the version
> currently in Debian stable.
>

With cl-lib installable as a library through ELPA, would requiring it as
a dependency be acceptable?  I suppose Org-mode doesn't currently have
any dependencies, so it might not be worth adding one just to remove
some redundant functions.

>
> I am one small voice, but as a user who prefers Debian stable but also
> the maint branch of Org, I'd request that you avoid a hard dependency on
> cl-lib for a while longer, maybe at least until Emacs 24 is the default
> in major distro's package systems?
>

I agree it would be bad to lose compatibility of the master branch with
older Emacsen.

>
> Best,
> Richard
>

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