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Make lisp/mail/uce.el obsolete

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 46472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46472: Make lisp/mail/uce.el obsolete
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:12:02 -0700

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

> No, please leave unnecessary changes out of emacs-28.

Even documentation changes?

I'd suggest installing the change as attached on emacs-28.  If that's
not possible, I'd like to install it on master, but add the same text to
the package "Commentary" section on emacs-28.

> I would leave the original text intact, as dividing it into two splits
> the description of the package, and the additional text is too long to
> keep the beginning in mind.

OK.

> So I think the same message could be usefully conveyed with much fewer
> words.

I've tried shortening it in the attached.

>> +(defcustom uce-i-want-to-use-this nil
>> +  "Non-nil means that you don't want the warning message about this package.
>> +See `uce-reply-to-uce' for background."
>> +  :type 'boolean
>> +  :version "28.1")
>
> This is redundant, since users that don't want this should not load
> the package.

OK, I'm fine with a non-optional warning.

> Why the same text again?
[...]
> And again?

So these were the three entry points I see: `describe-package', `C-h f',
and running the command.  It is true that it should be enough to just
show the warning when running the command.

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