GNU bug report logs - #19423
25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 19423 <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 09:19:05 -0800 (PST)

Even worse.  It turns out that when parameter WHEN was added
Emacs Dev did the right thing: it *was* optional.

In Emacs 23 someone unwisely changed it to mandatory, an
incompatible change that gratuitously breaks code that could
be used with older Emacs releases.  Pain for no real gain.
This bug report was last modified 10 years and 156 days ago.

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