>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> It's in lisp/obsolete/.
>> Eli thinks such things should still be fixed:
> Unless the fix is complicated or risky or...
If people want to fix bugs in lisp/obselete, they are free to do so because
(a) the bug is open and (b) the code still exists in the distribution. Once
the code is gone, we can close the bug as no longer pertaining to Emacs.
Has anyone considered putting these obsolete packages in the gnu ELPA? I'm not sure about the bug policy, but I'd guess that bugs shouldn't be filed against ELPA packages.
Until that time, don't feel an obligation to fix bugs in obsolete code that
you aren't interested in fixing. There are higher priorities to address.
Perhaps we can lower the priority of these kinds of bug in that case to the minimum, so it doesn't show up in the default list for debbugs?
What this discussion objected to (as I read it) was establishing a policy of
ignoring bugs in obsolete code.
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