From: Malik <malik.n@posteo.de>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master 2704ec54fd3: (gnus-convert-old-newsrc): Remove ancient converters
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:53:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5407700F-9088-4C54-84DB-1A1DD2FFCD78@posteo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87edcgw380.fsf@yahoo.com>
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The code doesn't have to be deleted but could be published as stand alone package. In order to keep the core code relevant and not so big.
Am 12. März 2024 04:14:55 MEZ schrieb Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>:
>Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> It's not the age of the code itself: it's code whose purpose is to
>> convert `.newsrc` files generated by Gnus from 2004 or before :-)
>> I think it's safe to assume that such files have long ceased to exist or to
>> be of any use.
>
>Gentoo distributes ancient versions of Emacs in their repositories, and
>contrived as this scenario is, it's not impossible that some perhaps all
>too inquisitive amateur archaeologist should install and run such an
>obsolete version of Gnus, only to succeed it with an update to Emacs 30.
>
>But I digress. That code isn't causing anyone harm by merely existing,
>so why must it be removed?
>
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2024-03-12 2:21 ` master 2704ec54fd3: (gnus-convert-old-newsrc): Remove ancient converters Po Lu
2024-03-12 2:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-03-12 3:14 ` Po Lu
2024-03-12 18:53 ` Malik [this message]
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