[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#37819: [PATCH] Make 'load-dangerous-libraries' obsolete
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#37819: [PATCH] Make 'load-dangerous-libraries' obsolete |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Oct 2019 13:55:35 +0200 |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> I suspect that 'load-dangerous-libraries' is largely irrelevant
> >> nowadays. Is this correct? If yes, here is a patch which would
> >> ignore it and declare it obsolete.
> >
> > What is the purpose of declaring this obsolete? I'd argue we should
> > keep this "forever", since it can never do any harm, and sometimes
> > might do an important job.
>
> The patch just makes Emacs refuse to load .elc files compiled by XEmacs
> permanently, so it looks like the right thing to me.
That is my understanding too. The use-case of loading XEmacs byte
code is, I think, not very relevant.
Is it used for anything else? If yes, I think we should change the
documentation to discuss that instead. If no, I believe making it
obsolete makes sense.
> But perhaps for Emacs 28.
I have nothing against that. (We'd also have to announce this in
NEWS; I didn't do that yet.)
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas