GNU bug report logs - #55278
29.0.50; OSM package

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Message #57 received at 55278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, philipk <at> posteo.net, 55278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55278: json-parse-string
Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 19:25:31 -0400

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    > (unless (ignore-errors (equal [] (json-parse-string "[]")))
    >   (warn "osm: libjansson is not available"))

Assuming that now this warning will actually appear,
it still has two problems.

The text of the warning is not clear.  It fails to say what the
practical consequences are: that OSM simply will not work.

It should be an error, not a warning.  And I suggest text
saying "OSM can't run, because Emacs was built without libjansson."

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