Subject: Re: bug#4571: remove byte-compile-compatibility

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:53:17 -0400

>> From bytecomp.el:
> ;; byte-compile-compatibility   Whether the compiler should
> ;;                              generate .elc files which can be loaded into
> ;;                              generic emacs 18.

> We don't  care about emacs 18 anymore, so why keep this code?

Because nobody volunteered to get rid of it, yet.

> (I am not volunteering to remove it...)

You're not?

        Stefan