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

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: Re: bug#50999: 29.0.50; Deleting libraries obsolete since Emacs 24
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:36:21 +0800

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The reason we continue to maintain obsolete Lisp packages is that
> some people are still using them.

I'm saying that obsolete Lisp packages shouldn't be removed from the
distribution just because a certain degree of time has passed.

And secondly, perhaps even the ones that people "are not using" could be
left as-is, without maintenance.

They could still be useful in the future.  Someone might decide to
resurrect them, and some other unaccounted for person might still be
using them.
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