Bastien Guerry <b...@gnu.org> writes: > Hi Nicolas, > > Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > >> Master branch is already 24.3+ (with compilation warnings, 24.4+ without >> them): I committed "org-lint.el", moved some libraries to lexical >> binding, etc. > > Yes, we should have waited for the decision to be taken for this. > >> Is there any reason to avoid requiring at least Emacs 24.3 in >> development branch? > > I don't know, but we have only little information on what impact such > a change will have. Our best move for now is to ask on mailing lists, > collect information, then decide. > > Also such a change needs to be advertized correctly, I'd rather have > it for Org 9.0 -- same for dropping XEmacs compatibility. > > We don't need to complete the whole 8.x series and may jump to 9.0 > soonish, but for the time being, I suggest you create a 9.0 branch > with the 24.3 requirement and changes that cannot go without it. > > WDYT?
But then what will master hold and what would be the point of it? It sounds like a way to rename "master" to "branch9.0"... Also, Emacs 24.3 was released in March, 2013. By the time the next Org is released, it will be more than 3 years old. Rasmus -- This message is brought to you by the department of redundant departments
