Re: [APPROVE COMMIT] Re: [patch] obsolete.el: new alias interactive-form for function-interactive

jpw> Perhaps there should be a file for new compatibility aliases jpw> and wrappers in the xemacs-base package? Then the present jpw> installed base would become more compatible simply by jpw> upgrading their packages. We already do have fsf-compat. But I don't think it's a good idea to put stuff into the packages without either a careful audit or testing in the beta series. In many cases the functionality is "subtly different" (as Eli puts it, cf the several recent threads on how their differently named delete-key-deletes-forward functionality isn't working right) and often depends on recently added functionality in the various Emacsen, to boot. This just isn't going to get solved until they are willing to cooperate on defining APIs. As of a year ago the word from Gerd was "too busy", and that would seem to continue to be the case. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.