GNU bug report logs - #34657
26.1; Some erc hook names lack the expected suffix

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>

Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:56:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 34657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 34657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34657: 26.1; Some erc hook names lack the expected suffix
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:30:56 +0200
> Cc: 34657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:01:02 +1300
> 
> I've pushed branch fix/bug-34657-erc-hooks for this, and I've used
> define-obsolete-variable-alias, but there are problems with the
> customize behaviour.
> 
> The first annoyance is that in customize-group erc-hooks the alias
> is displayed (albeit slightly differently) as well as the renamed
> option.

Isn't there some precedent for handling this?

If we never did rename a defcustom before, and no simple solution
presents itself, I'd rather drop the idea altogether.  ERC is a niche
package, so it's not a catastrophe if we have exceptions from the rule
here.

Thanks.

(What is the second annoyance?)




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