GNU bug report logs - #18539
24.4.50; gnus registry file seems misnamed

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:32:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 18539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Cc: 18539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18539: 24.4.50; gnus registry file seems misnamed
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 19:19:54 +1100

Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com> writes:

> Yeah, if you do fix the typo, offering to rename the existing file seems
> like the friendliest thing to do.

Renaming the file might be problematic if you switch between older and
newer versions of Emacs, since older versions will still write files
with the old name.

I say just leave it alone.  A registry file by any other name would
register just as sweetly.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
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