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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:26:06 -0600
From: JT Williams <jtw AT sfbrgenetics DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Deleting Emacs support for obsolete platforms
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What does this mean in practice?  Will existing code for "obsolete"
targets be elided from the official sources, or is the code merely
deactivated but otherwise left intact should anyone want to hack it?
-- 
j

On Fri|2007.11.30, DJ Delorie wrote:
>Richard Stallman <rms AT gnu DOT org> writes:
>> In Emacs 23 we are thinking of deleting Emacs support for the systems
>> and computers listed below, because we think they are obsolete and
>> not useful.