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

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#16007: closed (Re: bug#16007: admin/charsets/mule-charsets.el
 requires old Emacs version)
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 08:16:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#16007: admin/charsets/mule-charsets.el requires old Emacs version

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: handa <at> gnu.org
Cc: 16007-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#16007: admin/charsets/mule-charsets.el requires old Emacs
 version
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 11:15:18 +0300

> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 05:40:00 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 16007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > 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.

I see that Handa-san fixed this in revision 115426.1.2, so I'm closing
this bug.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: admin/charsets/mule-charsets.el requires old Emacs version
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:54:22 -0500

Package: emacs
Version: 24.3.50

The charsets etc/charsets/MULE*.map are generated files, produced by
admin/charsets/mule-charsets.el. But this requires Emacs 21.3 or 22,
it does not work with modern Emacs. Therefore Emacs cannot
self-bootstrap without an old Emacs around. I think this is a problem.

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