GNU bug report logs - #41388
[PATCH] Mark metamail.el as obsolete

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 03:47:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Mark metamail.el as obsolete
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 20:46:51 -0700

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Severity: wishlist

The metamail package was last released in 1994, according to one source
below.  It seems to have been removed from most GNU/Linux distributions
a long time ago due to being buggy and unmaintained.

Removed from Redhat around 2004:
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=152675

Removed from Debian around 2009:
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=274451

Also see this opinion:
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59876940/linux-metamail-package-how-to-build#comment105884140_59876940

I suggest we mark our support for metamail as obsolete.  Users could use
it for a time until we remove it, but we should not encourage anyone to
do so.

Any objections?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: 41388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41388: [PATCH] Mark metamail.el as obsolete
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 20:00:18 -0700

close 41388 28.1
thanks

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> I suggest we mark our support for metamail as obsolete.  Users could use
> it for a time until we remove it, but we should not encourage anyone to
> do so.
>
> Any objections?

No objections within a week, pushed to master as commit 8b940dac32.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
bug marked as fixed in version 28.1, send any further explanations to 41388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> Request was from Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 26 May 2020 03:01:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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