Re: Sending attachments

[Stefan Monnier]

>     Why not?  More specifically, what do you think would break if we did
>     something along the lines of:
>        (define-obsolete-function-alias 'mail-mode 'message-mode)
> I may need to maintain Emacs again; past history shows other
> maintainers come and go.  If that happens, I want to have Mail mode,
> not depend on something that is part of Gnus.

Please explain why you consider "part of Gnus" to be a negative attribute.

> I am considering moving some code (including mml) outside Gnus so that
> Gnus will not be an issue for its future maintenance.  (I've done that
> to other packages before.)

As I said, making message-mode (and related libraries) more generic
is good.  I fully support it, and I think the Gnus maintainers would
not oppose it either.


        Stefan