GNU bug report logs - #44981
28.0.50; Restore nnimap-split-download-body?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 04:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 44981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 44981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44981: 28.0.50; Restore nnimap-split-download-body?
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:18:37 -0800

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> You can't get rid of the variable, though (there'll be external
>> packages relying on it), but you can make it obsolete.
>
> Of course, though in fairness its docstring starts with
> "Internal variable..."

I also can't picture any way in which an external library would actually
make use of this. On the other hand, typing
`define-obsolete-variable-alias' is very little work.
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