Re: Bug: Org mode fails to compile using Emacs 24.5-r10

[Max Nikulin]

On 28/09/2021 12:33, Bastien wrote:
> Tim Cross writes:
>
> > I do think it is probably time to drop support for Emacs 24 in the next
> > major release. However, we cannot drop it 'mid release'.
>
> I've added a section called "Compatibility with Emacs versions" on
> this page: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html
>
> We now make it clear that latest Org stable aims at being compatible
> with Emacs current stable, and the two previous one.
>
> That is: Org 9.4.6 is compatible with 27.x, 26.x and 25.x but maybe
> not with 24.x (24.1 being 9 years old now).

lisp/org.el:;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.3"))

Should not it be updated?

https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html:
> For example, if the current major version of Emacs is 28.x, then the
> latest stable version of Org should be compatible with Emacs 28.x, 27.x
> and 26.x – but not with Emacs 25.x.

Ubuntu-18.04 bionic is a Long Time Support release (April 2018), 
emacs-25.2.2 provided from system repository. Maybe it should be 
supported even though next LTS release Ubuntu-20.04 focal is available.