Bastien <b...@gnu.org> writes: > Tim Cross <theophil...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Therefore, I think the position should be that once an emacs version is >> no longer one of the supported versions (current stable Emacs release >> plus two previous major versions), there is no guarantee we will inform >> the list when compatibility is lost. > > Yes, fully agreed. If my previous message was unclear: it is *good* > to inform the list of any compatibility issue (with any Emacsen), but > we cannot promise we will warn the list for every breakage as we don't > test Org with Emacs <=25.
Should we document this workflow in https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html ? >> If you are running an unsupported >> versions, either you should avoid updates or be prepared for breakage >> without warning. When we do know a commit has broken compatibility, that >> information will be relayed to the list, but we cannot guarantee we can >> provide such information at the time the change is committed. Running an >> unsupported versions is at your own risk. > > Yes, thanks for articulating this very clearly. Maybe we can add this information to the manual in the Installation section? -- Ihor Radchenko, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at https://orgmode.org/. Support Org development at https://liberapay.com/org-mode, or support my work at https://liberapay.com/yantar92
