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bug#41388: [PATCH] Mark metamail.el as obsolete
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#41388: [PATCH] Mark metamail.el as obsolete |
Date: |
Mon, 18 May 2020 20:46:51 -0700 |
Severity: wishlist
The metamail package was last released in 1994, according to one source
below. It seems to have been removed from most GNU/Linux distributions
a long time ago due to being buggy and unmaintained.
Removed from Redhat around 2004:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=152675
Removed from Debian around 2009:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=274451
Also see this opinion:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59876940/linux-metamail-package-how-to-build#comment105884140_59876940
I suggest we mark our support for metamail as obsolete. Users could use
it for a time until we remove it, but we should not encourage anyone to
do so.
Any objections?
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
0001-Mark-metamail.el-as-obsolete.patch
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