Re: Emacs 25 Mojave fixes backport

[Robert Pluim]

Van L <address@hidden> writes:

>>>> there will be no more Emacs 25 releases
>>> 
>>> What a bummer.
>> 
>> ??? Why a bummer?  Emacs 26.1 is already out, and it's standing Emacs
>> policy not to keep emacs-N branches active once Emacs M.1 was
>> released, where M > N.  We only make exceptions when we uncover a
>> critical security issue with prior versions; otherwise we simply tell
>> users to upgrade their Emacs.
>
> This 25 Emacs fixes backport corrects a showstopper, it lets 25 Emacs to 
> install is my guess.
>
> People should be "free" to operate which ever version of Emacs they feel is 
> comfortably Perfect for their needs.
>

Nobody is suggesting that you are not allowed to run Emacs 25 + this
patch. All Eli is saying is that there won't be an official release
with it in.

Robert