Re: [PATCH] Fix window width when line numbers present

[Tim Cross]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Our commitment is that the latest Org version is compatible with the
>> last three stable versions of Emacs.
>>
>> So when Emacs 28 and Org 9.6 are both out, we guarantee that Org is
>> compatible with Emacs 28, 27 and 26.
>>
>> Does that explain it better?
>>
>> Let me know if you think the text on Worg should be clarified.
>
> The text is mostly clear. However, there is a slight confusion about
> actual current Emacs version vs. planned Emacs version.
>
> Emacs 28 is have not been officially released yet. So, the "current
> major version of Emacs" is 27 and we are theoretically committed to
> Emacs 27, 26, and 25. Both on main and bugfix.
>
> On the other hand, we do know that Org 9.5 (bugfix) is going to be
> packaged together with Emacs 28 when it is out. Also, we do not yet know
> the time when Emacs 28 is going to be released (it can be even, say, a
> year from now). Will it happen before Org 9.6 (main)? Maybe. Maybe not.
> And some people are already using main branch. Should we target
> "current" Emacs 28 for main? Should we target Emacs version+1 as current
> on main all the time or maybe just when new Emacs release branch is
> created, but not yet released? It is not fully clear.
>

I agree it can be confusing. My interpretation -

As org 9.5 has been released and the latest Emacs version is still 27.2,
then org 9.5 needs to support 27.x, 26.x and 25.x.

Provided Org 9.6 is not released *before* Emacs 29, then it only needs
to support 29,.x, 28.x and 27.x. However, if org 9.6 is released before
Emacs 29, it has to support 28.x, 27.x and 26.x.

Of course, we could also interpret things differently. For example, we
could tie the support to the version of Emacs current at the time of
release. i.e. if we release org 9.6 before Emacs 29.1, then it would
have to support 28.x, 27.x and 26.x even if org 9.6 is what is released
in Emacs 29.

The difference in release schedules will mean this is always a little
challenging IMO.