From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52351: Is bad-packages-alist still relevant? Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:27:23 +0100 Message-ID: <87ee6ky79w.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11831"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Glenn Morris , 52351@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 10 13:28:41 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 1mvf0x-0002qT-TP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:28:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45614 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mvf0w-0006Yh-RD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:28:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38772) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mvf0O-0006RJ-H6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:28:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:34288) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mvf0M-0003Fw-5Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:28:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mvf0L-0001e1-SD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:28:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:28:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 52351 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 52351-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B52351.16391392576283 (code B ref 52351); Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:28:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52351) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Dec 2021 12:27:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45834 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mvezx-0001dH-H7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:27:37 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:55152) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mvezt-0001d1-JA for 52351@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:27:36 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=ZcrOP16tY2w3+iDdzBwCnyqWd0tP96QeFFqFFtohOtc=; b=G2okPkJPigeZTW7bZTWNEgKM38 V3E59B14f5/pmDaDmXLMFgtoojWRAoi5RnelQAGcbojj6PhOt5ts/5ElcMEQOMuTpEGXnpOANoSqm L1A28tLy+YCUaL/PPKvIHwpOlTvGnqmWwt25ZMVI6fCbwFiEfogK6WBIDE84M73aQg70=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mvezk-00036K-AP; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:27:26 +0100 X-Now-Playing: The Smiths's _Hatful Of Hollow_: "Accept Yourself" In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:10:48 +0100") 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:222060 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > IOW, not a bad idea at the time, but the passing of time has meant that > it's hard to see the relevance of the feature. Yeah, it doesn't seem very useful to me. We should probably obsolete it, though, instead of removing it outright, I guess? (Even if it's a defconst.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no