From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jonetsu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Magit obsolete ? Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 09:37:38 -0500 Message-ID: <20190208093738.451aee60@mistral> References: <20190207172223.21fc232f@mistral> <875ztv13ph.fsf@ada> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="232690"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 08 15:38:30 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1gs7IT-000yOO-D3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:38:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57482 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gs7IS-0007jy-BX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:38:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39714) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gs7Hz-0007jg-3W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:37:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gs7Hy-0006IR-E3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:37:59 -0500 Original-Received: from pmta11.teksavvy.com ([76.10.157.34]:60691) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gs7Hy-0006IG-9a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:37:58 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2GH0QAalF1c/0Tb1BhjHAEBAR8EAQEFA?= =?us-ascii?q?QGBQwYBAQMBAYIAgTcOJSeDPYlAjR01AYhzhQERiViBejgBhDoCAgEBAoMqIzo?= =?us-ascii?q?EDAEDAQEBAQEBAgICaShCAQwBhHwBBAE6HBEXCwgDCRglDxIYHhmFDgMNCKwBi?= =?us-ascii?q?AcNgh4ijDiBP0CBEYMSgleCd4UTApEDO5EmMwmDKYtngy8lDIoviB+RFYx8Bhm?= =?us-ascii?q?BVnAVgyeQeyQwgQEBBgEBARUIEwUFAQGEXogJAQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2GH0QAalF1c/0Tb1BhjHAEBAR8EAQEFAQGBQwYBAQMBAYI?= =?us-ascii?q?AgTcOJSeDPYlAjR01AYhzhQERiViBejgBhDoCAgEBAoMqIzoEDAEDAQEBAQEBA?= =?us-ascii?q?gICaShCAQwBhHwBBAE6HBEXCwgDCRglDxIYHhmFDgMNCKwBiAcNgh4ijDiBP0C?= =?us-ascii?q?BEYMSgleCd4UTApEDO5EmMwmDKYtngy8lDIoviB+RFYx8BhmBVnAVgyeQeyQwg?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBBgEBARUIEwUFAQGEXogJAQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.58,347,1544504400"; d="scan'208";a="71086540" Original-Received: from 24-212-219-68.cable.teksavvy.com (HELO mistral) ([24.212.219.68]) by smtp.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 08 Feb 2019 09:37:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: <875ztv13ph.fsf@ada> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 76.10.157.34 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:119273 Archived-At: On Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:14:34 +1100 Alexis wrote: > Maybe i'm misunderstanding you, but in the context of ELPAs like > MELPA, 'obsolete' often/usually means "a newer version of this > package is available". So if version 20190202.1535 of Magit is > available, but you were looking at the description for an earlier > version, e.g. 20190201.2340, you'll be told that version is > "obsolete". > > Of course, this is indeed a different meaning to how 'obsolete' is > used in non-ELPA Emacs contexts, where "this library is obsolete" > often/usually means "don't use this library any more". It's an unfortunate choice to use this word. 'Obsolete' carries a pronounced definitive sense to it. Amongst the synonyms are 'old-fashioned', 'antediluvian' and 'anachronistic' :) A bit drastic for a day-old version I'd say. Cheers.