Re: [Emacs-diffs] master d20acfe: Fix Gnus registry pruning and sorting, and rename file

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 09:30:30 -0500 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

>> Here goes! I think this is everything. I wasn't aware that obsolete
>> variables still need to be defined,

SM> The purpose of marking something obsolete is to try and make sure people
SM> don't keep using it without realizing that this functionality is about
SM> to disappear.
SM> If the variable/function is already gone, then there's no need for any
SM> make-obsolete(-variable).

Yup.  And specifically here, I thought it was reasonable because the
change is not highly visible to users and will show up in 25.1 only.

Ted