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26.2; Obsolete vt-control and vt100-led

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: nicolas.semrau <at> gmail.com, 37562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#37562: 26.2; Obsolete vt-control and vt100-led
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 01:02:35 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > > Aren't they useful with lisp/term/vtXXX.el, which we didn't yet
> > > obsolete?
> >
> > Is there any reason not to obsolete lisp/term/vtXXX.el as well?
>
> I think they are still being used, albeit rarely, with emulators of
> those old terminals.

Would it make sense to mark them as obsolete and if anyone complains
to create a new ELPA package for them instead?  We could even say in
NEWS that, in case anyone is still using this, we would appreciate it
if they reported back to emacs-devel or somesuch.  (I think I've seen
that being done once before, so there is some precedent.)

My objective in writing this is to figure out a way forward for the
original request/suggestion, but I don't feel very strongly about it.
However, if we can't find a reasonable way to do this, or if we don't
want to, I think we're better off closing this as wontfix.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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