bug#53853: [PATCH] Don't use string-replace in flymake

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 15:51:59 +0000, João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> said:

    João> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 3:47 PM Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
    João> I think so. We're in that phase of the release cycle where
    >> everything in
    João> emacs-28 that
    João> fixes a bug ends up in main, right?  If so I would say yes. But
    >> let Eli or
    João> Lars confirm.
    >> 
    >> Everything that gets committed to the release branch always gets
    >> merged to master, unless itʼs marked 'do not merge'.


    João> Right that's what I meant by "ends up in main" ("main" the new name of the
    João> former "master" branch, which is still accessible by that name AFAIK).

In GNU Elpa maybe. In emacs the branch is called 'master'.

    >> The phase of the
    >> release cycle weʼre in is: doc fixes and regressions only (unless we
    >> manage to bribe Lars/Eli somehow :-) )


    João> Right.  And isn't this a regression?  Something that used to work in Emacs
    João> 27.1
    João> and doesn't in the upcoming Emacs 28.1?

    João> Anyway, committing to master/main is probably fine too, because that's what
    João> governs the "emission" of an ELPA package, as far as I know.

Yes, but the emacs-28 -> master merge happens pretty regularly as
well. Iʼm assuming thereʼs some magic that then makes GNU Elpa take notice.

Robert
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