From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52351: Is bad-packages-alist still relevant? Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 02:02:14 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87ee6ky79w.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13291"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rgm@gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, 52351@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 21 11:03:14 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 1mzbzE-0003HI-CW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:03:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45230 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mzbzC-0003jZ-Ky for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:03:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33216) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mzbz4-0003jO-I4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40849) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mzbz4-0005lE-8j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mzbz4-0003SZ-6T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:03:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:03:02 +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=B52351.164008094213222 (code B ref 52351); Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52351) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Dec 2021 10:02:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52389 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mzbyP-0003RB-LL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:02:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pj1-f54.google.com ([209.85.216.54]:43597) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mzbyO-0003Qv-8F for 52351@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:02:20 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pj1-f54.google.com with SMTP id a11-20020a17090a854b00b001b11aae38d6so2714815pjw.2 for <52351@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 02:02:20 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ckktOrrGGxOOGMrPbfSFtStBWL5FqrE47+jTpPxG8W4=; b=JyTGmTcbzieHkhtdR9mLcrqBW0N3Vo04xEioKH313e8sJn5mMXH7PEbrYCIKMa4FEn eZGg494W+jLpqEGEI0Hn+QnXseEy28v+EG9HpIUV1xUew74TkhRc95TRjusq1/oz/9Yt V5CtrHXYyvA4bb/i/raSuxpaS+QXtztIJukBc7DIh6lKlWjJ3tnsgLlEpt/7Jo90ZAsj p0zMC7TiDxaL63rrdgI0UdYk+tHLLm1mOzoWjp48gqaAhgSq34ZHZnutBdhPQuW3JFqU osHeb+dH1fhRFaxABNx0qndwToliEGG2pROPEAj2JGoxsEmj/girMMilV12sL6hLbO6K aURQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532upRoPqhWF0X7bQ1H6IYANNXiiqEY8ybT9vjdUHjbDqVDFn3Ct RHXRMqFzbXUCzM9a/hTEFF113cZGvDuC+L8+4Gw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyCyTxTuXJ9lnf2TmkKVcmdz8Khpdvr8Oo6HAUN9WI6XWioYGLqouN/EePi4347TwsucsG1dCZzpdvPs4LHv4U= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:4b0e:: with SMTP id lx14mr3211284pjb.132.1640080934487; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 02:02:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Tue, 21 Dec 2021 02:02:14 -0800 In-Reply-To: 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:222858 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > bad-packages-alist may be useful again some day, so please restore its > non-obsoleteness. > > The specific issue about Semantic and Emacs 22 is no longer pertinent, > so we should set the variable's default value to nil. > > However, that kind of problem could happen again some day. We hope it > won't, but few of us are perfect and none of us is precognitive. Why > not be prepared in case such problems occur again? Beyond the original Semantic case, this hasn't seen much use in 15 years. If we need it back in the future, we can make it non-obsolete then. We have another decade to think about its obsoletion before it would normally be considered for final removal.