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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: compile.el legacy compatibility
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:20:42 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvzhp7und5.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83mulcisde.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:11:41 +0300")

>> > 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, done.


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-03 15:20 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
2019-04-03 15:20         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2019-04-06 13:14           ` Troy Hinckley
2019-04-06 22:50             ` Stefan Monnier

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