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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:11:35 -0500
> 
> I'm working on converting all the lisp/gnus files to use
> lexical-binding.  I have a first version of the code ready and pushed to
> `scratch/lexical-gnus`.  It works for me, but please test it because my
> use of Gnus only exercises a small fraction of its functionality
> and packages.

Thanks.

Btw, I think we could benefit from a detailed guide for how to convert
a package to lexical-binding, enumerating the steps to take, tools and
Emacs commands to use, possible problems and how to solve them, etc.
Somewhere in admin/notes/, perhaps?