GNU bug report logs - #52351
Is bad-packages-alist still relevant?

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 14:11:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

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 #10 received at 52351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 52351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52351: Is bad-packages-alist still relevant?
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:27:23 +0100

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

> IOW, not a bad idea at the time, but the passing of time has meant that
> it's hard to see the relevance of the feature.

Yeah, it doesn't seem very useful to me.  We should probably obsolete
it, though, instead of removing it outright, I guess?  (Even if it's a
defconst.)

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