Re: [AC] [PACKAGES (gnus)] Remove Gnus' dependence on fsf-compat + Jerry's macro patch

Steve Youngs <sryoungs(a)bigpond.net.au&gt; writes: > This patch means that Gnus no longer requires fsf-compat. Have you actually checked that the Gnus code no longer uses things from fsf-compat? Last time I looked, Gnus (and other packages developed independently or carelessly synched) introduced many subtle FSF-isms that have gone in unnoticed because fsf-compat was silently blessed by its inclusion in the SUMOs. This change in particular is suspicious: > Index: lisp/gpg.el [...] > -(require 'timer) > +(if (featurep 'xemacs) > + (require 'itimer) > + (require 'timer)) > (eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) Unless `gpg.el' has changed significantly from the version I have, this change cannot be correct. gpg.el uses timer functions all over the place without checking whether they're defined.