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Unable to turn off autoarg-kp-mode

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Message #11 received at 40703 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 40703 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40703: [PATCH] Make autoarg.el obsolete
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:25:51 +0200

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

> AFAIR, when we deprecate a package, it's because there's some
> replacement, or because the need is completely absent (e.g., because
> the package caters to some software or part of Emacs that is no longer
> there).  This doesn't seem to be the case, is it?
>
> Or does this package cause us some maintenance burden?

Well, as it stands 'autoarg-kp-mode' is broken.  It enables
'autoarg-mode', which kind of defeats the point of having a separate
mode to only enable this behaviour for the keypad.  I suggest
deprecation as a better alternative than leaving it in a broken state
or spending any time to fix it.

I don't know if that's in line with our deprecation practices, but I
would assume there is some room to make judgement calls.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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