From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master d506d91b1f 2/2: Make linum.el obsolete
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:26:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875yhgmvm4.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmn-YOeaVHU80-cBfQSDkkwEJq607pARZh4TsObnOQJM-Q@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Wed, 21 Sep 2022 06:58:26 -0700")
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>>> Yes, the directory is called "lisp/obsolete" after all.
>>
>> I don't know if there are strict definitions, but to me these two are de
>> facto synonyms.
>
> AFAIU, "deprecated" doesn't always imply removal, whereas "obsolete"
> does. So the latter is more clear.
OK, I wasn't familiar with that difference, thank you for the
clarification.
>> Perhaps, when it comes to this, it might be enough to add a legacy alias
>> and make `linum-mode' invoke `display-line-numbers-mode', doing the same
>> for `global-linum-mode' and `global-display-line-numbers-mode'.
>
> If we still have a feeling in 2032 that there are users out there, we
> can always just postpone its removal for N more years. We've done that
> before.
What other examples are there? I have the impression that line
numbering is a pretty popular feature, that might be lingering around in
many configurations for ages without anyone noticing it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-21 18:26 UTC|newest]
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2022-09-21 7:50 ` master d506d91b1f 2/2: Make linum.el obsolete Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-21 8:37 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-21 9:45 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-21 12:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-21 12:43 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-21 13:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-21 16:13 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-09-21 16:36 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-21 18:26 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2022-09-21 19:19 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-22 2:59 ` Po Lu
2022-09-22 11:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-22 11:50 ` Po Lu
2022-09-22 13:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-22 14:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-22 14:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-21 16:17 ` chad
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