GNU bug report logs - #37574
[PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:24:07 +0200

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On visiting the gnuserv website http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/, we now find:

"I used to have some Emacs and Haskell hacks on my previous
sites. However, these hacks are now old and un-maintained. I don’t
think there is enough interest to keep them around."

Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-Remove-references-to-obsolete-package-gnuserv.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #8 received at 37574 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Bill Wohler <wohler <at> newt.com>
Cc: 37574 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 21:43:08 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:24:07 +0200
> 
> On visiting the gnuserv website http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/, we now find:
> 
> "I used to have some Emacs and Haskell hacks on my previous
> sites. However, these hacks are now old and un-maintained. I don’t
> think there is enough interest to keep them around."
> 
> Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?

Fine with me, but I'd like to have Bill's approval for the MH-E bit.

Thanks.

Message #13 received at 37574-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Bill Wohler <wohler <at> newt.com>, 37574-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:01:06 +0200

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

> > Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?
>
> Fine with me, but I'd like to have Bill's approval for the MH-E bit.

No response in 10 days, and I noticed that MH-E still supports XEmacs.
Maybe it makes sense to keep that reference.

In any case, I pushed everything but the MH-E part as commit
65cda95be4.  I'm consequently closing this bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Message #16 received at 37574 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bill Wohler <wohler <at> newt.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 37574 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37574: [PATCH] Remove references to obsolete package gnuserv
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 10:16:55 -0800

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

> > From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:24:07 +0200
> > 
> > On visiting the gnuserv website http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/, we now find:
> > 
> > "I used to have some Emacs and Haskell hacks on my previous
> > sites. However, these hacks are now old and un-maintained. I don’t
> > think there is enough interest to keep them around."
> > 
> > Please see the attached patch.  Is it ok to push?
> 
> Fine with me, but I'd like to have Bill's approval for the MH-E bit.

[Trying to get through some backlog before upcoming travel builds it
back up again.]

Thanks, Eli and Stefan.

A quick Google search didn't reveal any news about gnuserv's demise,
although there hasn't been any changes in a decade. It is still in
Debian sid and Ubuntu 19 (disco), for example. I think we should keep
the references as long as it is maintained in some fashion.

> Thanks.
> 

-- 
Bill Wohler <wohler <at> newt.com> aka <Bill.Wohler <at> nasa.gov>
http://www.newt.com/wohler/, GnuPG ID:610BD9AD

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