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24.4.50; gnus registry file seems misnamed

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From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, 18539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18539: 24.4.50; gnus registry file seems misnamed
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:49:26 -0700

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

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

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

A patch already went in to do the renaming.  I'm using emacs git master
and gnus prompted me and renamed the file a while ago.

Tom

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