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Re: elpa.gnu.org policy
From: |
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
Re: elpa.gnu.org policy |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:46:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
> Maintaining a separate repository for every Emacs release sounds like a
> lot of work. Currently, it's up to maintainers of upstream/external
> packages ensure backward compatibility with older Emacs versions,
> e.g. by introducing compatibility functions. Obviously this system
> doesn't work perfectly, but it doesn't seem like we have the manpower
> for anything more elaborate.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but it sounds to me like you're
saying that if a package is in ELPA, then the maintainer has
(implicitly) committed themselves to support older versions of Emacs in,
sort of, perpetuity. (Well, for a long time.)
Otherwise people using older versions of Emacs, and who are relying on
ELPA for some of the packages, will suddenly have partially
non-functioning Emacsen.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
address@hidden * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
Re: ELPA policy, Glenn Morris, 2010/11/15
elpa.gnu.org policy (was: ELPA policy), Ted Zlatanov, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, LluĂs, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Ted Zlatanov, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Chong Yidong, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy,
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <=
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Tom Tromey, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Chong Yidong, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Glenn Morris, 2010/11/15
- Re: elpa.gnu.org policy, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/16
- compat unification (was: elpa.gnu.org policy), Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/16
- Re: compat unification, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/16
- Re: compat unification, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/11/16
- Re: compat unification, Glenn Morris, 2010/11/16
RE: elpa.gnu.org policy, Drew Adams, 2010/11/16