From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: compile.el legacy compatibility
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:11:41 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mulcisde.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvftr93f5i.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:05:12 -0400)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:05:12 -0400
>
> > However since we changed to the new style at least 15 years ago, it seems it
> > would be best to drop the old compatibility (which is your first preference
> > as well). Who has the power to make that call?
>
> That would be Eli,
I have no opinion on this, provided that the incompatible change is
clearly documented in NEWS and in relevant places in compile.el (if
there are such places).
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-30 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-23 13:55 compile.el legacy compatibility Troy Hinckley
2019-03-24 17:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-03-25 19:23 ` Troy Hinckley
2019-03-26 14:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-03-30 10:11 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-04-03 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-04-06 13:14 ` Troy Hinckley
2019-04-06 22:50 ` Stefan Monnier
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