Re: Please rename trusted-content to trusted-contents

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:23:32 -0500
>>
>> "Contents" and "content" are two different words, and for this
>> meaning, "contents" is correct.  It means the contents of the
>> file, and that's what we refer to here.
>>
>> Please let's rename that symbol now before it gets into a release.
>
> The Emacs 30.0.93 pretest was already uploaded with "trusted-content"
> in it.  So if we rename it now, we will need to support both
> spellings, via defvaralias.  I'm not sure the problem is acute enough
> to justify such last-minute changes.

Do we really maintain backwards-compatibility with all pretest releases
also?  I usually consider them more like development branches: used for
testing, not for production.

In any case, I think using the right word is better, so if we need a
defvaralias then so be it, IMO.  I don't see how it could hurt, and we
could even define-obsolete-variable-alias.