Re: [PATCH] Delete some Emacs 24 compat code

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

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 <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi Ihor and Samuel,
>
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> 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
>


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