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Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:16:00 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:
> Right. And so if this is the goal (and given that I also agree to
> "start slow"), why not have more :core ELPA packages?
> Say subr-x.el, as an example. It has no dependencies. Why
> not make it a :core package right now?
If you overwrite the subr-x functions from, say, Emacs 25.1 with the
ones in Emacs 28, you'll likely end up with an Emacs that doesn't work.
(And we certainly don't want to take on the maintenance burden of
writing subr-x in such a way that it's backwards-compatible.)
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- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, (continued)
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/09/22
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <=
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/21
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/09/22
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, João Távora, 2021/09/22
- Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/22
Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/09/21
Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/21