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Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint)
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Eric Schulte |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint) |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:09:10 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Richard Lawrence <address@hidden> writes:
> Bastien <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Eric Schulte <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Great, so should Org-mode require cl-lib and stop supporting the
>>> following functions?
>>
>> I guess so. But I'm unclear yet whether this removes compatibility
>> with older Emacsen. I'll check this.
>
> I believe it does remove compatibility with anything pre-24.0. At
> least, there is no cl-lib in GNU Emacs 23.4.1, which is the version
> currently in Debian stable.
>
With cl-lib installable as a library through ELPA, would requiring it as
a dependency be acceptable? I suppose Org-mode doesn't currently have
any dependencies, so it might not be worth adding one just to remove
some redundant functions.
>
> I am one small voice, but as a user who prefers Debian stable but also
> the maint branch of Org, I'd request that you avoid a hard dependency on
> cl-lib for a while longer, maybe at least until Emacs 24 is the default
> in major distro's package systems?
>
I agree it would be bad to lose compatibility of the master branch with
older Emacsen.
>
> Best,
> Richard
>
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Eric Schulte
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- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Bastien, 2014/03/01
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Achim Gratz, 2014/03/01
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Nick Dokos, 2014/03/01
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Eric Schulte, 2014/03/04
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Eric Abrahamsen, 2014/03/04
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Nick Dokos, 2014/03/04
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Eric Schulte, 2014/03/06
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Bastien, 2014/03/07
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Richard Lawrence, 2014/03/07
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint),
Eric Schulte <=
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Richard Lawrence, 2014/03/07
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Bastien, 2014/03/13
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Richard Lawrence, 2014/03/13
- Re: [O] Org release 8.2.5g (minor release from maint), Bastien, 2014/03/21