bug#65401: 30.0.50; custom-theme-directory :type could be enhanced

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:35:17 -0300
>>> Cc: 65401@debbugs.gnu.org
>>> From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>>
>>>  > If the directory doesn't have to exist, then what is the difference
>>>  > between :directory and :string?
>>>
>>> Completion when editing via Customize is the only one it comes to my
>>> mind right now (useful when the user wants to edit it to some directory
>>> it already exists).
>>
>> Then I don't see why would anyone object to the change you propose.
>> It has no downsides, AFAICT.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> OK, thank you.  I attach the patch.
>
> From c34dea06956f2a3d098badf9cea089bee0f7b61b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:39:49 -0300
> Subject: [PATCH] Improve type of custom-theme-directory (Bug#65401)
>
> * lisp/custom.el (custom-theme-directory): Make it of type directory.
> ---
>  lisp/custom.el | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lisp/custom.el b/lisp/custom.el
> index 083349e3591..5b244464d0b 100644
> --- a/lisp/custom.el
> +++ b/lisp/custom.el
> @@ -1208,9 +1208,9 @@ custom-theme-directory
>  directory.  By default, Emacs searches for custom themes in this
>  directory first---see `custom-theme-load-path'."
>    :initialize #'custom-initialize-delay
> -  :type 'string
> +  :type 'directory
>    :group 'customize
> -  :version "22.1")
> +  :version "30.1")

Does the version tag have to be bumped, for a metadata change this like?

>  
>  (defvar custom-theme-load-path (list 'custom-theme-directory t)
>    "List of directories to search for custom theme files.