Subject: RE: bug#50999: [External] : bug#50999: 29.0.50; Deleting libraries obsolete since Emacs 24

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:35:06 +0000

> > The point is that there's no obligation to make
> > changes (maintenance or other) to code that you've
> > declared is "obsolete".
> 
> It's easy for you to say that, since you don't have to pick up the
> gauntlet of the maintenance.  The downside is non-negligible.

What's the obligation to maintain any particular
obsolete code?

(Apart from what I mentioned: moral/security
issues, and apart from possible copyright etc.
issues (e.g. yow).)