From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: sds@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: when do we remove backward compatibility definitions?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:27:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zi7fat79.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lzlgizibnr.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Sam Steingold on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:07:04 -0500)
> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:07:04 -0500
>
> Let us reformulate the question: if a developer wants to remove an
> obsolete feature (function, variable, face &c) - for whatever reason -
> how old does the feature has to be not to warrant a conversation on
> emacs-devel?
The age is not the most important factor. From where I stand, you can
raise an issue with removing an obsolete feature regardless of its
age, and we should discuss each such issue on a case by case basis.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-22 3:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-02 15:04 when do we remove backward compatibility definitions? Sam Steingold
2017-11-21 17:37 ` Sam Steingold
2017-11-21 19:54 ` Paul Eggert
2017-11-21 20:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-21 20:18 ` Paul Eggert
2017-11-21 20:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-21 21:07 ` Sam Steingold
2017-11-21 21:14 ` Paul Eggert
2017-11-21 21:57 ` Sam Steingold
2017-11-22 3:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-22 7:15 ` Paul Eggert
2017-11-22 15:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-22 3:27 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-11-22 22:54 ` Richard Stallman
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