Re: Incompatible change without "warning"

[David Kastrup]

Lute Kamstra <address@hidden> writes:

> Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>  > In etc/NEWS you've also added an entry for make-obsolete-variable:
>>  > 
>>  >   +++ *** New function make-obsolete-variable to warn that a variable may
>>  >   be removed at some stage in the future.
>>  > 
>>  > Even though is wasn't documented in the Lisp Manual,
>>  > make-obsolete-variable has been part of Emacs since version 19.7.
>>
>> I've removed this entry. 
>
> Thanks.
>
>> I was fooled by defvaralias being new.
>
> defvaralias is part of Emacs since version 21.1.

Uh what?

> It does have an entry in NEWS under "Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1", tho.
> I wonder why it was put there.  Maybe because it wasn't mentioned in
> NEWS for 21.1?  We better mention explicitly that it isn't really new
> for 22.1, in that case.

What makes you think it isn't?  My Emacs-21.3 does not have it.

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