From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Delete variables obsolete since Emacs 23 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:55:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: > <83r1s4ftc7.fsf@gnu.org>> <9d080d6b-d7b5-4e56-ae47-2fbc8eb97da2@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34913"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Gregory Heytings To: Gregory Heytings via "Emacs development discussions." Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 18 23:56:40 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k89ax-0008y0-FC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:56:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51846 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k89av-0003KY-Fp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:56:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k89Zl-0001aG-G0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:55:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:62635) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k89Zi-0007lM-2M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:55:24 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 8733410027A; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:55:20 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id D0E55100275; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:55:18 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1597787718; bh=Q33RUhyevQte/xAoahLnd+ZShAoItlea24VpUnjLO2s=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=YV2R6cYSNX/LaigA/JfcfubTkrxz3lV+E3b1TDd89bEOfxuAGeIC5mWe4ZnmBxFKf gWgg+GkTOakpdYf8zEjbna/06AVMVUIRuh9ym1cf3ftsSzEPUtiJhS5GFNo91kWzu5 EwGSt86zUUPBtJ/aryNcCnjNQMyqyOePwTNau0iql+MBaY6fMZSjADFtmw8L9/XjB+ TC2DlT0GlIVxAfPtVpO3VVQpq2QlViYwzNbDVv7UB/oBDn5MmwtHM3cPkVGKgecYca sHqk1peO3AZXG8TJfjJYwHQ1CQ2W2HH5jbJvYuO2+zzFtGMtLQAAMviudFpXhSL7oZ Y83ugsMGtU+NQ== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [45.72.246.108]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8BE32120201; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:55:18 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Gregory Heytings via's message of "Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:00:31 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/18 17:55:20 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:253979 Archived-At: > I think the discussion is too broad. It depends on what is > declared obsolete. IMNSHO it doesn't: if we don't intend to remove it ever, then we don't declare it obsolete. Of course, declaring it obsolete doesn't guarantee that we will remove it: it's just a declaration of intention. Stefan