bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv

bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv

[Stefan Kangas]

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On visiting the gnuserv website http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/, we now find:

"I used to have some Emacs and Haskell hacks on my previous
sites. However, these hacks are now old and un-maintained. I don’t
think there is enough interest to keep them around."

Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:15:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv
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On visiting http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/, we now find:
"I used to have some Emacs and Haskell hacks on my previous
sites. However, these hacks are now old and un-maintained. I don’t
think there is enough interest to keep them around."

* doc/misc/mh-e.texi (Incorporating Mail)
* doc/misc/efaq.texi (Using an already running Emacs process):
Remove reference to obsolete package 'gnuserv'.
---
 doc/misc/efaq.texi | 11 -----------
 doc/misc/mh-e.texi |  1 -
 2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
index 219ad248cc..bb2061e46e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
@@ -2032,17 +2032,6 @@ Using an already running Emacs process
 requested by @code{emacsclient}, Emacs will switch to it; otherwise
 @code{emacsclient} will exit, signaling the calling program to continue.
 
-@cindex @code{gnuserv}
-There is an alternative version of @samp{emacsclient} called
-@c ange@@hplb.hpl.hp.com
-@samp{gnuserv}, written by Andy Norman
-(@pxref{Packages that do not come with Emacs}).  @samp{gnuserv} uses
-Internet domain sockets, so it can work across most network connections.
-
-The most recent @samp{gnuserv} package is available at
-
-@uref{http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/}
-
 @end itemize
 
 @node Compiler error messages
diff --git a/doc/misc/mh-e.texi b/doc/misc/mh-e.texi
index 9d249fb0ec..3e05a3128a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/mh-e.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/mh-e.texi
@@ -1484,7 +1484,6 @@ Incorporating Mail
 @cindex @command{emacsclient}
 @cindex @command{gnuclient}
 @cindex @command{xbuffy}
-@cindex @samp{gnuserv}
 @cindex Unix commands, @command{emacsclient}
 @cindex Unix commands, @command{gnuclient}
 @cindex Unix commands, @command{xbuffy}
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bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:24:07 +0200
> 
> On visiting the gnuserv website http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/, we now find:
> 
> "I used to have some Emacs and Haskell hacks on my previous
> sites. However, these hacks are now old and un-maintained. I don’t
> think there is enough interest to keep them around."
> 
> Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?

Fine with me, but I'd like to have Bill's approval for the MH-E bit.

Thanks.

bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> > Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?
>
> Fine with me, but I'd like to have Bill's approval for the MH-E bit.

No response in 10 days, and I noticed that MH-E still supports XEmacs.
Maybe it makes sense to keep that reference.

In any case, I pushed everything but the MH-E part as commit
65cda95be4.  I'm consequently closing this bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv

[Bill Wohler]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:24:07 +0200
> > 
> > On visiting the gnuserv website http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/, we now find:
> > 
> > "I used to have some Emacs and Haskell hacks on my previous
> > sites. However, these hacks are now old and un-maintained. I don’t
> > think there is enough interest to keep them around."
> > 
> > Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?
> 
> Fine with me, but I'd like to have Bill's approval for the MH-E bit.

[Trying to get through some backlog before upcoming travel builds it
back up again.]

Thanks, Eli and Stefan.

A quick Google search didn't reveal any news about gnuserv's demise,
although there hasn't been any changes in a decade. It is still in
Debian sid and Ubuntu 19 (disco), for example. I think we should keep
the references as long as it is maintained in some fashion.

> Thanks.
> 

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