GNU bug report logs - #50999
29.0.50; Deleting libraries obsolete since Emacs 24

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 21:43:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #104 received at 50999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 50999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50999: 29.0.50; Deleting libraries obsolete since Emacs 24
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 22:07:00 -0500
Po Lu [2021-12-07 10:21:28] wrote:
> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> If it were me, I'd just bundle assoc.el with my code, rather than ask
>> upstream to distribute it forever.
> That raises the question of where to put assoc.el.

I recommend /dev/null for it.

> It might also lead to a proliferation of various incompatible versions
> of it.

Seeing that there's been basically no substantial made to it in a decade
(other than cosmetic fixes), I wouldn't worry about it.
Also because its semantics is sufficiently twisted that it'd be pretty
hard to make any non-trivial change without risking breaking something.


        Stefan





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