Re: Bug: Org mode fails to compile using Emacs 24.5-r10

[Samuel Wales]

in debian lts stretch, which goes to June 30, 2022, there is both with
24 being the default.  there are a bunch of packages made into debian
packages.  idk if they work with both.


On 9/28/21, Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/09/2021 12:33, Bastien wrote:
>> Tim Cross writes:
>>
>>> I do think it is probably time to drop support for Emacs 24 in the next
>>> major release. However, we cannot drop it 'mid release'.
>>
>> I've added a section called "Compatibility with Emacs versions" on
>> this page: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html
>>
>> We now make it clear that latest Org stable aims at being compatible
>> with Emacs current stable, and the two previous one.
>>
>> That is: Org 9.4.6 is compatible with 27.x, 26.x and 25.x but maybe
>> not with 24.x (24.1 being 9 years old now).
>
> lisp/org.el:;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.3"))
>
> Should not it be updated?
>
> https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html:
>> For example, if the current major version of Emacs is 28.x, then the
>> latest stable version of Org should be compatible with Emacs 28.x, 27.x
>> and 26.x – but not with Emacs 25.x.
>
> Ubuntu-18.04 bionic is a Long Time Support release (April 2018),
> emacs-25.2.2 provided from system repository. Maybe it should be
> supported even though next LTS release Ubuntu-20.04 focal is available.
>
>
>


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