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Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header
From: |
Nicolas Richard |
Subject: |
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:44:06 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> I understand that the new tools will work with old files, but will the
>> new files work with the old tools ? i.e. will it be possible to install
>> these packages to emacs 24.5 ?
>
> No. A package that writes it like this will only be (properly) installable on
> Emacs 25 and up.
>
> Of course I'd never drop support for Emacs 24 on one of my packages
> just for the sake of this minor feature. But once I start routinely
> requiring Emacs 25.1 because of other features, I'll be glad to have
> this as a bonus.
It makes sense. My worry is also that emacs-24 must have a way to
understand that the package is "not installable". e.g. we don't want
list-packages to suddenly break on older emacsen (I have no idea if this
can actually happen).
--
Nico
- Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, (continued)
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Thierry Volpiatto, 2015/08/10
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Nicolas Richard, 2015/08/10
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Artur Malabarba, 2015/08/10
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header,
Nicolas Richard <=
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Artur Malabarba, 2015/08/11
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Nicolas Richard, 2015/08/11
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Thierry Volpiatto, 2015/08/10
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Phillip Lord, 2015/08/10
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Stefan Monnier, 2015/08/10
Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header, Stefan Monnier, 2015/08/10