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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Steven Litvintchouk <sdlitvin@earthlink.net>
Cc: 25395@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25395: 25.1; Emacs/W3 crashes on every url with elisp error (void-variable w3--args)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <rzfukqte6m.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wwshotxukp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 08 Jan 2017 13:41:58 -0500")

Glenn Morris wrote:

> 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.





  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-11  4:26 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 [this message]
2019-10-09  7:50       ` bug#25394: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-02 13:38         ` 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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