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29.0.50; Gnus: Nnir is deprecated but not mention in the manual

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: 59121 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de
Subject: bug#59121: 29.0.50; Gnus: Nnir is deprecated but not mention in the manual
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:35:07 -0800

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Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Björn Bidar via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
> editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> While trying out how to search for emails in Gnus, I noticed that
>> nnir.el is deprecated but the manual (gnu.org/software/emacs/manual)
>> doesn't mention any of that.
>> I think the manual should mention that. I think such changes should be
>> documented right a way in general.
>
> Do you mean that you recently upgraded Emacs, and got a deprecation
> warning for a nnir-* variable, but there's no information in the Gnus
> manual about migrating away from nnir?
>
> That does seem like an oversight...

Here's a potential documentation patch.

Eric

[gnusmanualnnir.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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