Re: Emacs 20.7 compatibility in v5-10

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Thu, Apr 13 2006, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>
>> But actually I was aiming in the opposite direction...
>
> Sure; just drop Emacs 20 support for 5.10 as well.

Done[1].  Also for XEmacs 21.1 (the XEmacs maintainers have stopped
supporting in some years ago).

Do you suggest to rip out Emacs 20/XEmacs 21.1 stuff systematically
like it was done after the start of No Gnus (mostly by Jesper and
Katsumi [2]) or only drop it on occasion?

Bye, Reiner.

[1]
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--- gnus.texi	11 Apr 2006 16:12:41 +0200	6.603.2.82
+++ gnus.texi	13 Apr 2006 19:29:32 +0200	
@@ -24870,16 +24870,17 @@
 @itemize @bullet
 
 @item
-Emacs 20.7 and up.
+Emacs 21.1 and up.
 
 @item
-XEmacs 21.1 and up.
+XEmacs 21.4 and up.
 
 @end itemize
 
 This Gnus version will absolutely not work on any Emacsen older than
 that.  Not reliably, at least.  Older versions of Gnus may work on older
-Emacs versions.
+Emacs versions.  Particularly, Gnus 5.10.8 should also work on Emacs
+20.7 and XEmacs 21.1.
 
 There are some vague differences between Gnus on the various
 platforms---XEmacs features more graphics (a logo and a toolbar)---but
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7 matches for "Emacs 20\|XEmacs 21.1" in buffer: ChangeLog
   3278:	which Emacs 20 doesn't support.
   7882:	* gnus-util.el (gnus-replace-in-string): Remove Emacs 20 code.
   8098:	* dgnushack.el: Remove some XEmacs 21.1 specific stuff.
   8154:	* gnus-registry.el: Remove Emacs 20 hash table compatibility code.
   8218:	Remove Emacs 20 hash table compatibility code.
   8245:	Remove Emacs 20 stuff:
   8252:	Emacs 20.
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