Re: [PATCH] Delete some Emacs 24 compat code

[Samuel Wales]

idk about others, but as a luddite follower of bugfix/maint, if
poissible and not too annoying to do, i would be interested in
knowing, at the email subject header level, that the upcoming
bugfix/maint release [state org version number] will not support <=
[state emacs version number] so that i can prepare at my glacial
luddite pace.  this is probably already done, but making it prominent
beforehand might help signal the need for changes with lots of time or
simplify git stuff [e.g. pull soon as the last pull and make a note
not to pull after that, which prevents the need for figuring out
rebasing again].


On 6/30/22, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:
> Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 30/06/2022 18:19, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>>> The attached patch deletes some Emacs 24 compat code.  Org mode
>>> supports Emacs 26 or later, according to:
>>> https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html#emacs-compatibility
>>
>> I have no particular opinion to which degree older Emacs versions should
>> be supported, but I remember the following message:
>>
>> Bastien. Re: Supported Emacs version. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:39:22 +0100
>> https://list.orgmode.org/87fsrolmn9.fsf@gnu.org/
>
> This is a valid point in general. However, Org mode already fails when
> you try to load it using Emacs 24 (correct me if I am wrong). So, Org
> cannot be used with Emacs 24 de-facto. Yet, nobody complained and I do
> not see much point keeping partial compatibility.
>
> There is a reason to keep old compatibility code only when Org works in
> general and only some new optional libraries cannot be used. This is not
> the case for Emacs 24, AFAIK.
>
> Best,
> Ihor
>
>


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