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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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:317008 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > It's not the age of the code itself: it's code whose purpose is to > convert `.newsrc` files generated by Gnus from 2004 or before :-) > I think it's safe to assume that such files have long ceased to exist or to > be of any use. Gentoo distributes ancient versions of Emacs in their repositories, and contrived as this scenario is, it's not impossible that some perhaps all too inquisitive amateur archaeologist should install and run such an obsolete version of Gnus, only to succeed it with an update to Emacs 30. But I digress. That code isn't causing anyone harm by merely existing, so why must it be removed?