GNU bug report logs - #25375
25.1; how to configure (x-)select-enable-primary compatible with emacs24

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Bremner <david <at> tethera.net>

Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 12:00:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 25375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, David Bremner <david <at> tethera.net>
Cc: 25375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#25375: 25.1;	how to configure (x-)select-enable-primary
 compatible with emacs24
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 06:55:47 -0800 (PST)

> > I guess I could migrate the setting of x-select-enable-primary out of
> > customize and into my init.el.
> 
> I think a better idea is to use different customization files for
> different Emacs versions.  The Emacs user manual shows how to do that
> in "Saving Customizations".
> 
> > I wonder if maybe there should have been a period of deprecation
> > before marking the variables obsolete.
> 
> Declaring a variable obsolete _is_ the indication that it's
> deprecated.

That's your definition, for Emacs development.  They are not
the same thing, in general.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=obsolete+vs+deprecated
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