GNU bug report logs - #10608
local-enable-local-variables

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:58:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #4 received at 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10608: local-enable-local-variables
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:32:59 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> local-enable-local-variables - a strange variable. AFAICS (see my
> comments in files.el), its only real use is as a minor convenience
> feature for visiting RMAIL BABYL files with M-x find-file. Should it be
> declared obsolete? Should it affect directory-local variables (it
> currently does, I think)?

It's also used in arc-mode and tar-mode now, so the usage has increased
by an incredible 200%!

I have no opinion whether it should be obsoleted, though, but...
perhaps not?  Opinions?

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