Re: [PATCH] Delete some Emacs 24 compat code

[Ihor Radchenko]

Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

Could you please elaborate on how exactly we can determine if a commit
changes the compatibility status? We can indeed catch some cases by
running tests on older Emacs versions, but it is by no means a reliable
measure.

Also, I just tried to run make EMACS=emacs-25 test, and it fails on bugfix.
Yet, Org can be usable on Emacs 25, but not fully.

Best,
Ihor