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[PATCH] Remove support for upgrading from old bookmark file format

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Message #8 received at 37122 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> mouse.gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 37122 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37122: [PATCH] Remove support for upgrading from old
 bookmark file format
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 05:47:40 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> The old bookmark file format has not been used in Emacs since at least
> version 19.34, released in 1996.  And that's a conservative estimate
> -- it's probably even older.  I suggest that we remove the support for
> converting it to the new bookmark file format completely in order to
> not have to maintain this ancient code.

I think that makes sense -- surely there can't be many people making the
jump from 19.34 to Emacs 27 these days.

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