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master 331dee7e4a8: Add note regarding `seq` on GNU ELPA


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: master 331dee7e4a8: Add note regarding `seq` on GNU ELPA
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 17:58:18 -0400 (EDT)

branch: master
commit 331dee7e4a8d7b4f0e90de71c71bac58d998cdff
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>

    Add note regarding `seq` on GNU ELPA
    
    * lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el: Add note regarding seq on GNU ELPA.
    
    Co-authored-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
---
 lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
index 6917c541f2e..2a229f71d38 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 ;; the sequence as their second argument.  All other functions take
 ;; the sequence as their first argument.
 ;;
-;; While seq.el version 1.8 is in GNU ELPA for convenience, seq.el
-;; version 2.0 requires Emacs>=25.1.
-;;
 ;; seq.el can be extended to support new type of sequences.  Here are
 ;; the generic functions that must be implemented by new seq types:
 ;; - `seq-elt'
@@ -51,11 +48,17 @@
 ;; - `seq-into-sequence'
 ;; - `seq-copy'
 ;; - `seq-into'
-;;
-;; All functions are tested in test/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq-tests.el
 
 ;;; Code:
 
+;; Note regarding the `seq' package on GNU ELPA:
+;;
+;; It was decided not to bother upgrading seq beyond 2.24 on GNU ELPA.
+;; The main purpose of the GNU ELPA package was to encourage adoption
+;; and accommodate changes more easily, but it's mature enough that
+;; changes are fairly slow.  Thus, we can now rely on "the usual"
+;; solutions to deal with compatibility issues.  (Bug#60990)
+
 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-generic))
 
 ;; We used to use some sequence functions from cl-lib, but this



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