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25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 19423-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:39:14 +0200

On 12/21/2014 10:33 PM, Drew Adams wrote:

> It misleads.  There is no need for such a "warning" - nothing to
> warn users about, since the argument is optional.  It serves
> no useful purpose.

While the argument is still optional now, it won't be, at some point in 
the future. And there's a good reason to require this argument: people 
should annotate each obsoletion with the version when it happened.

That change was made 5 years ago; let it go.

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