Re: Supported Emacs versions by AUCTeX (was: Dependency on tex-buf.el)

[Tassilo Horn]

Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:

>> Yes, why not.  But how about applying Stefan's "cosmetic patch"
>> (deleting the old advices and requiring nadvice instead)?  That won't
>> make a difference for ELPA users but only for the tarball which will
>> require Emacs 25.1 then.
>
> I'm for stepping the required Emacs version to 25.1 now that we have
> released 13.1 tarball.  I think we should also agree on some sort of
> rule which Emacs versions AUCTeX is willing to support.  Other
> packages do support the latest 3 versions (this is at least what I
> have in my mind from Org).  Does something like this also make sense
> for AUCTeX?

Three versions would mean 27.2, 27.1, and 26.3?

> At any rate, my vote is let's make an ELPA release, then go for 25.1
> and apply Stefan's change.  That would keep us from adding nadvice to
> 'Package-Requires:' cookie and a subsequent removal of it.

Hehe, I was quicker than you.  But the cookie doesn't hurt.  If you have
Emacs 24.4 or newer, it won't install nadvice because that's built-in
anyway.

Bye,
Tassilo