From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master 2704ec54fd3: (gnus-convert-old-newsrc): Remove ancient converters Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:53:09 -0400 Message-ID: References: <171020881374.14246.16863887956423395809@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20240312020014.36BC3C1FB7E@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <87jzm8w5oj.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13536"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 12 03:54:16 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rjsHP-0003J4-Ry for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:54:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjsGU-0003G6-5G; Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:53:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjsGR-0003Fh-Ks for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:53:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjsGP-0004iA-Rg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:53:15 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 306A880C41; Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:53:12 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1710211990; bh=c/bLZ+h1gttl+TpWQTCROTRwkuLLFToNLLyqjQpjP1o=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=FDDlnEnv+lHKqN1nHBYg2TNLmK8U1idNInZJTzZE09ghHjkOZGqQuztRGMm/4B9KI vfPMoGI1mFPgFEW4SJnGfEYkBzw5wk0RDNWHjPySQqBp1D5w2uv1lnuCz43DhTc/6W 9FZ1aL9JbDnrXFGGG//lle1kOR7hx8EXNLrblgG87lWdG2zQynGFL0klgvvSUdNyOF ebJG/Rggrn76n0LjFQK441rLksjvqlYLanw5VhC3JkGVyGWWW4e9iNz0GOYaKC0KNb 3RqD+1IKNlAHQ9J6YLZdVNx8pc1QCbQmlINSWO22Sr3czH5jb+H8//aDpuzgm275Le 8X0EbY8yTaVrQ== Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E23CB80841; Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:53:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from pastel (69-165-147-56.dsl.teksavvy.com [69.165.147.56]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF8D41203FF; Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:53:10 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87jzm8w5oj.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu's message of "Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:21:48 +0800") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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:317007 Archived-At: >> (gnus-convert-old-newsrc): Remove ancient converters >> >> * lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el (gnus-convert-old-newsrc): Remove converters >> from 2004 and before. >> * lisp/gnus/legacy-gnus-agent.el: Delete file. > > What prompted this change? It's not exactly a mortal sin for code to be > old or even ancient, 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. Stefan