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admin/charsets/mule-charsets.el requires old Emacs version

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Message #63 received at 16007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: handa <at> gnu.org, 16007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16007: admin/charsets/mule-charsets.el requires old Emacs
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Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 05:40:00 +0200

> From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 16007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, handa <at> gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 10:49:09 +0900
> 
> > Why is it a problem to make changes in mule-charsets.el so that it
> > could work both with Emacs 22 and with the latest versions of Emacs?
> 
> Because we don't have a reasonable explanation why we have
> that file and keep it runnable with the latest Emacs.
> 
> > What do we lose if we make such a change in mule-charsets.el?
> 
> We will waste a time of future maintainers who must keep
> that file runnable with the latest Emacs.  It's a waste
> because such an effort yields nothing.

Stefan, I guess this becomes your call, then.

Thanks.

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