Re: master 644d31a 2/2: Replace the usage of an obsolete function in auth-source.el

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

> On Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:03:59 -0500, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
>> Maybe drop Gnus support for Emacs 23.x and old XEmacs too?

The most current stable XEmacs version is 21.4.22 (released 2009),
roughly corresponding to Emacs 21.1 if I remember correctly.  So there
is not much of a point in thinking about Emacs 23.x as long as XEmacs is
in the equation.

>> I think we've had too many of these annoyances over the years.
>
> Although the problem isn't due to those Emacsen's oldness as for
> particularly this thread, making Gnus drop old Emacsen is a good
> idea.  Probably dropping Emacs 23 won't trouble many users.  But
> what is old XEmacs to be?  In some sense, all XEmacsen is old. ;-)

Every XEmacs developer will tell you that you are crazy to use
XEmacs 21.4, but since it is the official stable version, it is what
will be packaged by default with standard distributions.

I am not in a position to prescribe to Gnus developers how they are
maintaining their software.  Maybe Gnus stopping to support XEmacs 21.4
is the kick in the behind that XEmacs needs for preparing a new "stable"
release rather than face the prospect of having to backport or freeze
Gnus.  But I don't know how receptive to kicks that behind might be
right now.  For most active users, XEmacs 21.4 does not appear to be
more than a practical joke.

-- 
David Kastrup