From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/86815 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus cleanup Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:08:37 +1100 Message-ID: <8737t18osq.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87h9hied21.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455059364 31669 80.91.229.3 (9 Feb 2016 23:09:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 23:09:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 10 00:09:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aTHPE-00011e-57 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:09:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33390 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTHPC-0008BE-VR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:09:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50425) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTHP9-0008As-AR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:09:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTHP6-0004mR-4X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:09:07 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:59076) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTHP5-0004lZ-UB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:09:04 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-60-225-211-161.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([60.225.211.161] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aTHOj-0004k7-Uy; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:08:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 09 Feb 2016 10:30:48 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1aTHOj-0004k7-Uy MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1455664122.78551@DlfHWEokypwPHGsLPGkQGA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:199641 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:86815 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > What I've used in the past goes along the lines of: > - Use my gut-feeling to decide whether to keep the obsolete compat > function, erring on the side of "removal" rather than on the "safe" side. > - Some of the removed functions may later be re-added based on > bug-reports from user. Ok, I'll just be nuking (most of) the compat functions, and we can re-add if it turns out to be a problem. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no