Subject: bug#8396: 24.0.50; why use options (vars) instead of faces for apropos?

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:45:13 -0400

"Drew Adams" <[email-masked]> writes:

> Throughout apropos.el, we use `defcustom's instead of `defface's for
> customizing the faces used.  Why?

Bad historical design.  I don't see a good way to revert this, though.