GNU bug report logs - #56435
[PATCH] Drop support for the dead third-party w3 package

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Drop support for the dead third-party w3 package
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 15:51:05 +0300

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Severity: wishlist

The w3 package was removed from GNU ELPA in 2020 as it doesn't run on
a recent Emacs, and development had stopped over a decade before that.

If anyone wants to revive the w3 package, they should look this all
over, but it doesn't make sense for us to maintain this support code.

Ref: https://debbugs.gnu.org/25395

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[0002-Make-browse-url-default-browser-fall-back-to-EWW.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Message #8 received at 56435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 56435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56435: [PATCH] Drop support for the dead third-party w3
 package
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:18:04 +0200

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

> The w3 package was removed from GNU ELPA in 2020 as it doesn't run on
> a recent Emacs, and development had stopped over a decade before that.
>
> If anyone wants to revive the w3 package, they should look this all
> over, but it doesn't make sense for us to maintain this support code.

Makes sense to me.

-- 
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Message #13 received at 56435-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 56435-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56435: [PATCH] Drop support for the dead third-party w3
 package
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 09:33:16 -0700

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:
>
>> The w3 package was removed from GNU ELPA in 2020 as it doesn't run on
>> a recent Emacs, and development had stopped over a decade before that.
>>
>> If anyone wants to revive the w3 package, they should look this all
>> over, but it doesn't make sense for us to maintain this support code.
>
> Makes sense to me.

Thanks, now done (commit 2a8d083607).

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