From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50999: [External] : bug#50999: 29.0.50; Deleting libraries obsolete since Emacs 24 Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 20:18:36 +0200 Message-ID: <83ilwutxc3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87sfw45k8w.fsf@yahoo.com> <87wnleq9bu.fsf@yahoo.com> <874k8ihsuy.fsf@gnus.org> <87ee7mq7pj.fsf@yahoo.com> <87wnldsxb2.fsf@gnus.org> <87v90xq3ry.fsf@yahoo.com> <87ilwvh8c5.fsf@gnus.org> <83mtm6tyip.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28033"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, 50999@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, stefan@marxist.se, rms@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 14 19:19:18 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5z-00075p-LX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:19:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37936 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5y-0001Iy-Im for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:19:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55168) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5o-0001GP-E9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:19:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40072) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5m-00071x-K2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:19:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5m-0001Nr-Fx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:19:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:19:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50999 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50999-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50999.16369139415313 (code B ref 50999); Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:19:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50999) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Nov 2021 18:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51618 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5l-0001Nd-HO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:19:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54388) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5k-0001NO-LS for 50999@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:19:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=33232 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5f-00071O-76; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:18:55 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=Tfl97xEZyvxkACBEeV0J1jbJwejEHQHlEvRcNUv5R9Y=; b=Gimk0OXs3ugt 66TQBaJYvMWOjz6i5g35JNP6H9WkC8wWOVfZ4hb5gAiA5chhMWcBoD4Bm/DczhZJR0xnOh3S8at30 OkZADSxAjG144ZAQbM0FR64hwNett6mQ4w5UFWeosEEkf2F5yiLcw1awlXDZATMy7ZsKwD70zHly7 cR4S7qx74YesmHI0kd9gg3T8vxqqn7P+kheVqdFOHlnyr2a2wrb+Cqs01iU3W6i9OkE9GORo8okXj OWholS+svqHCC/EHL5c7mWF7jWAaJuqYbyhXm0AcgGbQebvXHbrGPkIQN42ATd5kqyPR7p1JBaWsA kEz1HGyH0d0tSa+8/VJDIg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1902 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmK5Z-00075J-4L; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:18:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:04:40 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:219994 Archived-At: > From: Drew Adams > CC: "larsi@gnus.org" , > "luangruo@yahoo.com" > , > "50999@debbugs.gnu.org" <50999@debbugs.gnu.org>, > "stefan@marxist.se" , "rms@gnu.org" > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:04:40 +0000 > > > > For a long time Emacs even distributed a "contrib" > > > directory with code provided by others. > > > > According to the VCS logs, we never had such a directory. > > I distinctly remember it, and I recall using some > of its code. Show me some distribution that had it, and/or name some files there, and then I could have a look. (Assuming this is important.) > How far back do the VCS logs go? Back to the very first commits by RMS and friends, in early 1985. > The point is that there's no obligation to make > changes (maintenance or other) to code that you've > declared is "obsolete". It's easy for you to say that, since you don't have to pick up the gauntlet of the maintenance. The downside is non-negligible.