Re: [PATCH] Delete some Emacs 24 compat code

[Ihor Radchenko]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 30/06/2022 18:19, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>> The attached patch deletes some Emacs 24 compat code.  Org mode
>> supports Emacs 26 or later, according to:
>> https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html#emacs-compatibility
>
> I have no particular opinion to which degree older Emacs versions should 
> be supported, but I remember the following message:
>
> Bastien. Re: Supported Emacs version. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:39:22 +0100
> https://list.orgmode.org/87fsrolmn9.fsf@gnu.org/

This is a valid point in general. However, Org mode already fails when
you try to load it using Emacs 24 (correct me if I am wrong). So, Org
cannot be used with Emacs 24 de-facto. Yet, nobody complained and I do
not see much point keeping partial compatibility.

There is a reason to keep old compatibility code only when Org works in
general and only some new optional libraries cannot be used. This is not
the case for Emacs 24, AFAIK.

Best,
Ihor