From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jens Lechtenboerger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5742: Customize and obsolete options Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 18:07:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87h92hwai7.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490461708 23785 195.159.176.226 (25 Mar 2017 17:08:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5742@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 25 18:08:18 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crpAb-0003tr-Sl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 18:08:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38036 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crpAh-0001Ln-LN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57842) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crpAc-0001Lg-5t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:08:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crpAZ-0006FH-2G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:08:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46338) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crpAY-0006F6-UO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crpAY-00083r-KF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:08:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jens Lechtenboerger Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:08:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5742 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5742-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5742.149046166030943 (code B ref 5742); Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:08:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5742) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2017 17:07:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44537 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crpAB-000831-QJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:07:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.212]:43045) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crpA9-00082k-N3 for 5742@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:07:38 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [80.241.60.240]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7165D45676; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 18:07:31 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Original-Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.117]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id tXqi72fgZ_B1; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 18:07:30 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:44:44 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:130942 Archived-At: On 2010-03-19, at 20:44, Glenn Morris wrote: > Severity: wishlist > > Customize does not seem to indicate in any way when options are > obsolete. > [...] I'd like to extend the reported issue. Customize does not warn users of obsolete options. This is guaranteed to create surprises far in the future when the obsolete feature is removed. This is particularly bad, if no equivalent functionality exists (or if it is not documented). See bug#26233 for an example. The functions custom-set-variables and customize-set-variable could print warnings when they modify obsolete variables. Even better, code that touches obsolete variables could generate warnings. Best wishes Jens