Darryl Okahata writes: Actually, this is not the case at all. Packages are generally forward-compatible with XEmacs. For example, I currently build and run a full 21.0 with no packages at all. All the packages come from using 20.4 as my "package". I would say that I am a power user, I use the XEmacs functionality to the full extent of the law, and I don't miss anything. Anyway, I would say that I am a person who believes in a package directory separate from the version, the same way that site-lisp (now obsolete) is on a separate path. -- Colin