bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> I don't necessarily disagree, I just don't like a situation where some
> platforms have that variable at the nil value, when a 5-line change
> can fix that.  It was a surprise for me to discover the nil value on
> Windows.  But those 5 lines aren't sacred to me, so if we decide to
> deprecate the variable and eventually remove the supporting code, I
> won't object.

I have no strong opinion on the matter, but since there are no in-tree
usages (any more), and the variable seems rather awkward, I've now
marked it as obsolete.  If somebody out-of-tree actually uses it, then
reverting the obsoletion would also be fine by me, but I guess we'll see
whether anybody pipes up.

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