Subject: Re: bug#66554: [PATCH] Add the public API of Compat to the core

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:05:55 +0200

> From: Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked],  [email-masked],  Stefan Monnier
>  <[email-masked]>,  Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 16:29:15 +0000
> 
> > What happens when we bump Emacs version from NN.x to NN.x.90 or from
> > NN.x.90 to NN.x.91?  emacs-major-version and emacs-minor-version stay
> > the same, but the Emacs version is bumped, and there could be changes
> > in compat.el specific to the next release, NN.x+1 or NN+1.1, no?
> 
> Generally speaking, Compat only provides support for "proper" releases,
> and not for pre-releases.

Is that wise?

Can't we support pretest versions as well?