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23.0.60; Problem with nextstep, longlines-mode,

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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, hanche <at> math.ntnu.no
Subject: Re: bug#1452: Acknowledgement (23.0.60;
 Problem with nextstep, longlines-mode,)
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:34:35 -0800

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>>>>> Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com> writes:

>     If people want to fix bugs in lisp/obselete, they are free to do so
>     because (a) the bug is open and (b) the code still exists in the
>     distribution. Once the code is gone, we can close the bug as no longer
>     pertaining to Emacs.

> Has anyone considered putting these obsolete packages in the gnu ELPA? I'm
> not sure about the bug policy, but I'd guess that bugs shouldn't be filed
> against ELPA packages.

Interesting. I'd be for such a move.

>     Until that time, don't feel an obligation to fix bugs in obsolete code
>     that you aren't interested in fixing. There are higher priorities to
>     address.

> Perhaps we can lower the priority of these kinds of bug in that case to the
> minimum, so it doesn't show up in the default list for debbugs?

Feel free.

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John Wiegley                  GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F
http://newartisans.com                          60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2

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