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27.0.91; Removed public functions from debugger.el

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Message #32 received at 40728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 40728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40728: 27.0.91; Removed public functions from debugger.el
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 20:51:06 +0200

Am Do., 1. Okt. 2020 um 20:04 Uhr schrieb Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>:
>
> Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:
>
> >> I haven't tested the patch in detail, but it looks fine, thanks.
> >> I guess you want to use `define-obsolete-function-alias' instead of
> >> `defalias' to mark the aliases as obsolete as well.
> >> The commit message should contain a magic string such as "Don't merge
> >> to master" to prevent reinstating the functions in Emacs 28.
>
> I applied the patch now, but I forgot about this bit...  but...  I think
> they should be merged to Emacs 28?  They shouldn't disappear again
> between Emacs 27 and Emacs 28.
>
> I've made the aliases obsolete, though.
>
> > It seems like the patch here was never installed on the release branch.
>
> Done now.

Unfortunately I think this is now too late. Emacs 27.1 has been
released, the incompatible change has been made, and package authors
will need to cope with it.

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