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Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 01 2012, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>
>> More controversially :-), I think =E7=9C=9F Gnus should also stop defini=
ng
>> compatibility functions like `gnus-mark-active-p', and instead just
>> start maintaining a `gnus-compat.el' library that would define functions
>> like `mark-active-p' for Emacsen that don't define them.
>
> Please don't.  It violates the Emacs coding guidelines.  Packages that
> have gone that road have broken other packages in the past.
> E.g. color-scheme defined `replace-in-string=C2=B4[1] which broke Gnus and
> emacs-jabber.

1+.

Tramp defines already an own `tramp-compat-delete-directory', in order
to handle the recursive case. It checks for the existence of a proper
`delete-directory' first. I do not want to add another check, whether
the "proper" `delete-directory' comes from gnuis-compat.el (and refuse
to use it then).

> Bye, Reiner.

Best regards, Michael.