Re: [PATCH] bookmark.el of edit-utils 1.43 (completing-read usage error)
Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes:
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr> writes:
> I dislike the idea of our packages avoiding using our new features
> because of compatibility with old XEmacsen that need to be run with
> these very same packages.
Note that "old" here means "the latest released version".
Yes. But likewise the package concept should be expanded that "new"
can mean "newer than the latest released version".
The packages need to target at the latest released, IMO.
I see no reason why that would be the case for development packages.
Many crucial things have been moved to the packages. There *has* to
be a way to update those things when core XEmacs changes without
breaking the world.
Not without including a special "packages-for-beta"
directory. That
would in itself be a good thing.
Agreed...
> then the package system needs fixing.
How true. The package system needs dependencies so one can have a
"depends on XEmacs 21.2.26 and up".
...and agreed.