Re: Support policy

[Bill W. <wo...@ne...>]

Nick Dokos <nic...@hp...> wrote:

> Bill Wohler <wo...@ne...> wrote:
> 
> > The README currently says this:
> > 
> >   It is supported in GNU Emacs 21 and higher, as well as XEmacs 21 (except
> >   for versions 21.5.9-21.5.16).
> > 
> > I'm not comfortable with this because I have not tested MH-E on GNU
> > Emacs 21 or 22, and I haven't heard back from any users who have
> > confirmed that it works on these systems.
> > 
> > It's not that MH-E won't work on these systems, and it's not that we
> > wouldn't try to help users to run MH-E on their systems.
> > 
> > I know for a fact that MH-E does not work on Emacs 20 and previous
> > releases, and that it works with Emacs 23 and 24. It's just that I don't
> > know if MH-E works or not with Emacs 21 and 22.
> > 
> > How should we articulate these points in the README?
> > 
> 
> How about:
> 
> "It it not known at this time (MH-E release 8.2.xx) whether MH-E
> works with Emacs 21 or 22. It is our current intention to address
> problems that arise on these versions, but if it proves too difficult or
> time consuming, we may decide not to support them. Any information that
> you can provide about how well, or badly, MH-E works on these versions
> will be appreciated."
> 
> Possibly with a pointer to some place where such information will be
> made available, if there is a volunteer to collate that information,
> otherwise just the mailing list.

Thanks for the feedback, Nick!

I took a slightly different tack: note the specific versions that MH-E
is known to work and not work and leave the rest implied. How does that
work for you folks?

  This version of MH-E will appear in GNU Emacs 24.1 (unless MH-E is
  superseded by a newer version before Emacs is released). It is
  supported in GNU Emacs 23 and higher, as well as XEmacs 21.4.22
  and 21.5.31. MH-E is known not to work with GNU Emacs versions 20 and
  below, and XEmacs version 21.5.9 - 21.5.16. It is compatible with MH
  versions 6.8.4 and higher, all versions of nmh, and GNU mailutils 1.0
  and higher. Gnus is also required; version 5.10 or higher is
  recommended.

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