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The variable operating-system-release

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 39940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:38:47 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  39940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 07:10:56 +0100
> 
> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > A total of two short mails in the thread mention this variable.
> > The variable was used only in mac-win.el, which was removed in 2008.
> > Seems like a great candidate for obsolescence to me.
> 
> True.  I see that Eli added support for it on Windows too now, so I
> guess he disagrees.  :-)

I don't necessarily disagree, I just don't like a situation where some
platforms have that variable at the nil value, when a 5-line change
can fix that.  It was a surprise for me to discover the nil value on
Windows.  But those 5 lines aren't sacred to me, so if we decide to
deprecate the variable and eventually remove the supporting code, I
won't object.

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