Subject: bug#48404: 28.0.50; "Invalid version syntax" errors with read-extended-command

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 09:43:37 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> But I don't really understand why we compare versions in the snippet
> above -- the command is already established as being obsolete, so
> we've got to be running an Emacs version where it is indeed obsolete,
> and the version text sounds redundant to me.  Stefan?

The idea is to have a softer transition when obsoleting commands -- `M-x
some-obsoleteTAB' will list the command if it's been "recently"
obsoleted, but also list the new command name (in parentheses).  This
will hopefully help people to learn the new command name.

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