contrib/xml.el

contrib/xml.el

[Miles Bader]

Gnus 5.10 contains a file contrib/xml.el which appears to be an old version
of lisp/xml.el in Emacs CVS.

Is there any reason why this file should be kept in Gnus?  If so, is there
any reason why it can't be replaced with the current Emacs version?

Thanks,

-Miles
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Re: contrib/xml.el

[Reiner Steib]

On Wed, Oct 06 2004, Miles Bader wrote:

> Gnus 5.10 contains a file contrib/xml.el which appears to be an old version
> of lisp/xml.el in Emacs CVS.
>
> Is there any reason why this file should be kept in Gnus?  

The files in contrib aren't strictly part of Gnus.  They are provided
for convenience.

,----[ contrib/README ]
| The files in this directory are not (yet) part of the Gnus
| distribution proper.  They may later become part of the distribution,
| or they may disappear altogether.
| 
| [...]
| 
| xml.el
| 
| 	This is used for parsing RSS feeds.  Part of Emacs 21.3 and
| 	later.
`----

> If so, is there any reason why it can't be replaced with the current
> Emacs version?

Gnus 5.10.* is supposed to work with Emacs 20.7 and up.  If the
current `xml.el' works with 20.7, it could be replaced.  But I don't
have Emacs 20.7 and I don't read RSS with Gnus, so I don't know.

Probably it's not worth the trouble to test it.  E.g. for Emacs
21.[12] `ucs-tables.el', only worked with rev=1.8 from Emacs CVS, not
with later versions.

Bye, Reiner.
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