From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Steven Litvintchouk <sdlitvin@earthlink.net>,
25394@debbugs.gnu.org, 25395@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25394: bug#25395: 25.1; Emacs/W3 crashes on every url with elisp error (void-variable w3--args)
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:50:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lftupdbd.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rzfukqte6m.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:25 -0500")
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>> Still, doesn't seem actively maintained, based on
>> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/?h=externals/w3
>
> To expand on this:
>
> According to the above url:
> The package was last developed 8.5 years ago.
> It was added to elpa.gnu.org 3 years ago, with 4 commits.
> The error you are seeing comes from one of those commits ("try to fix
> compiler warnings"). "M-x w3" has the same error. So I can only
> assume this package has not been tested or used by anyone since it was
> added to elpa.gnu.org.
> So I have to wonder what the value of having it there is.
>
> I suggest you use M-x eww instead, and that if no-one wants to maintain
> w3 it be removed from elpa.gnu.org.
(This was two years ago.)
I agree -- when it doesn't even start up with `M-x w3' it seems pretty
useless to have in GNU ELPA.
How does one remove something from ELPA?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-09 7:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-08 13:35 bug#25395: 25.1; Emacs/W3 crashes on every url with elisp error (void-variable w3--args) Steven Litvintchouk
2017-01-08 18:30 ` Glenn Morris
2017-01-08 18:41 ` Glenn Morris
2017-01-11 4:26 ` Glenn Morris
2019-10-09 7:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-11-02 13:38 ` bug#25394: " Stefan Kangas
2019-11-02 18:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-01-15 1:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-15 14:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-01-22 7:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-22 14:24 ` bug#25394: " Stefan Monnier
2020-01-22 18:30 ` Stefan Kangas
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