Re: master e5392d3: Make easymenu downcase the menu symbol for greater backwards compat

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 12:46:39 -0600
> Cc: rgm@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> I was thinking of this :symbol keyword not as something we would use in
> >> general, but in special cases where the symbol is known (or suspected to
> >> be used) by other packages.  The more general case difference thing
> >> should be handled more generally.
> >
> > How can we know if a symbol is used?  There could be some 3rd party
> > package out there using it which we didn't hear about.
> 
> We should be able to get a fairly good estimate by checking our own
> sources, GNU ELPA, and code search on GitHub.
> 
> If we want to take it to the next level one could download all of MELPA
> and check there too.  (If someone has a one-liner or a short script to
> download all packages and keep them updated, I'm personally all ears.)

It should be much easier to just always add :symbol, IMO.