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29.0.50; Deleting libraries obsolete since Emacs 24

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Message #53 received at 50999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 50999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#50999: 29.0.50; Deleting libraries obsolete since Emacs 24
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 01:47:06 +0100

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> How about telling people to not report bugs in those packages?  For
> instance, a disclaimer stating "this is obsolete and unsupported -- use
> at your own risk".
>
> Perhaps report-emacs-bug could detect that case, and warn the user.

If we distribute code, then we'll be fixing bugs in that code.  I don't
think there's any way around that.

We choose what code to introduce into Emacs, based on many things, but
among them is a consideration whether we think that the feature will be
useful to many people or not.  It's the same consideration when removing
features -- if we think that it's not used, then we remove it.  (And we
find out by making it obsolete and seeing whether there's any
complaints.)

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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