Re: Emacs master breaks date-field (in summary buffer)

On Mon, 07 Nov 2016 16:42:46 -0700,
Kazuhiro Ito wrote:
> 
> > > Do we have to change string-to-int to string-to-number in apel (e.g
> > > timezone.el)?
> > 
> > This obviously resolves the issue for me.
> 
> APEL's timezone.el is not installed for recent Emacs neither should be
> loaded.  This module is for old Emacsen (18 - 20.x (4?)).
> 
> 
> Possible solutions are
> 
> 1. Make timezone.el support recent Emacs also.  But I can't test
> modified timezone.el on old platforms.
> 
> 2. Remove timezone.el from APEL.  In this case, apel-wl branch lacks
> compatibility with old platforms.
> 
> I want to choice 2.  Because I think apel-wl branch doesn't need
> compatibility with such old platforms.  Any suggention?

[...]

I'd suggest +1 on option #2.  Emacs 25 is in the wild for some weeks
now and Emacs 24 some years before that.  How many years does one need
to set the way back machine for to get Emacs 20, much less 18?  If
legacy, legacy Emacsen can easily be supported then fine and dandy,
but if such support impinges on modern emacsen, then the time has come
for such old dogs to either live with it or upgrade.

Best-- Ken