Re: when do we remove backward compatibility definitions?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > For platform issues (old 
  > POSIX platforms that don't support newer POSIX features, for example), 
  > the general rule of thumb I use in Emacs and elsewhere is, "If the 
  > platform's supplier no longer supports the platform, then Emacs doesn't 
  > need to worry about supporting it either."

I think that as long as users of the platform want to do the work
to keep supporting it, we should give them the necessary cooperation.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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