bug#60954: 29.0.60; ERC 5.4.1: loading ERC clobbers customizations to erc-mode-hook

[J.P.]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> I see two basic avenues of attack here. The first is a pretty safe
>> stopgap and the second a slightly riskier comprehensive approach that
>> should have been on the books the moment that bug was closed:
>> 
>>   hack: partially revert a tiny hunk from the commit above
>> 
>>   fix:  don't require goodies at all and instead update the module
>>         mapping data and add all necessary autoloads and forward
>>         declarations
>> 
>> Implementations of both are attached. (I didn't bother updating the
>> required Compat version in the second patch, but that'd also need to
>> accompany the change set.) For now, I propose we take the shorter route
>> but with an eye toward revisiting the issue soon after the next (ERC)
>> release. If anyone has an opinion here, now would be the time to speak
>> up.
>
> Your proposal is fine with me, thanks.

Great, thanks. I went ahead and added the lighter change to the release
branch.

Leaving this open until the rest is settled (whenever that may be).