From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Incompatible change without "warning" Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:46:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87r7h35eku.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: <16997.28602.876638.54728@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <16998.58339.710430.454702@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <87u0m0rz7f.fsf@xs4all.nl> <17000.10926.155798.568572@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114163812 13688 80.91.229.2 (22 Apr 2005 09:56:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:56:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, ich@frank-schmitt.net, Stefan Monnier , rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 22 11:56:50 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOutb-0007ul-E9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:56:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOuyT-0002wy-Lb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:01:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DOuqe-0001I1-IC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:53:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DOuqY-0001H1-TY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:53:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOuqW-00011o-PD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:53:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.109.24.23] (helo=smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DOumi-0007rZ-I6; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:49:16 -0400 Original-Received: from pijl (a80-127-67-124.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.127.67.124]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j3M9kP3F083232; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:46:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Lute.Kamstra@xs4all.nl) Original-Received: from lute by pijl with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DOujx-0001ep-00; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:46:25 +0200 Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <17000.10926.155798.568572@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:35:26 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 18 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36268 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36268 Hi Nick, I see that you've installed define-obsolete-variable-alias. Thanks. In etc/NEWS you've also added an entry for make-obsolete-variable: +++ *** New function make-obsolete-variable to warn that a variable may be removed at some stage in the future. Even though is wasn't documented in the Lisp Manual, make-obsolete-variable has been part of Emacs since version 19.7. Lute. PS. I noticed that make-obsolete isn't documented either. Maybe you can fix that as well?