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bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release
From: |
Basil L. Contovounesios |
Subject: |
bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release |
Date: |
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:06:22 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> 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.
Would its value be of any use in report-emacs-bug?
Thanks,
--
Basil
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- bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/01/30
- bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/30
- bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/01/31
- bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release,
Basil L. Contovounesios <=
- bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/31
- bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2021/01/31
- bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/31