Richard Lawrence <richard.lawre...@berkeley.edu> writes: > Bastien <b...@gnu.org> writes: > >> Eric Schulte <schulte.e...@gmail.com> 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 > -- Eric Schulte https://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte PGP: 0x614CA05D
