Re: when do we remove backward compatibility definitions?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Sam Steingold <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:57:16 -0500
> 
> these seem clear-cut:
> 
> mail/sendmail.el:(make-obsolete-variable 'mail-yank-hooks 'mail-citation-hook 
> "19.34")
> mh-e/mh-letter.el(mh-make-obsolete-variable 'mh-yank-hooks 
> 'mail-citation-hook "19.34")
> 
> these are more controversial:
> 
> select.el:
> ;; Only declared obsolete in 23.3.
> (define-obsolete-function-alias 'x-selection 'x-get-selection "at least 
> 19.34")
> 
> subr.el:
> ;; Lisp manual only updated in 22.1.
> (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'executing-macro 'executing-kbd-macro
>   "before 19.34")

I think all of these except x-selection can be removed (on master,
please).

Thanks.