From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: compile.el legacy compatibility Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:20:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83mulcisde.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="121967"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 03 17:20:59 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hBhhC-000VWf-OJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:20:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52166 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBhh9-0002aO-Qw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:20:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47371) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBhh3-0002Zm-Cm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:20:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBhh2-0002eh-IR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:20:49 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:46985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBhh2-0002NO-Bc; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:20:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id x33FKhq4012454; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 11:20:43 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id AED8CAE2A9; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 11:20:42 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83mulcisde.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:11:41 +0300") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6517=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6517> : inlines <7046> : streams <1817598> : uri <2825134> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:234920 Archived-At: >> > 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