On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 08:51:01AM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > I like the idea of just getting it done and over with, but sympathize > with Eike, who has multiple environments. Will deprecating and removing > a $locale alias over one major release really make the problem worse?
Does Mutt have a way to deprecate settings in such a way that their use is reported as such to the user? If so, that seems... OK. However if not, then all you're doing is delaying the inevitable. Most users won't know it's deprecated until it starts complaining at them. The "alternates" change is a good example. I AM on both lists and follow them pretty regularly, but still managed to miss the change until it broke for me when I upgraded. The vast majority of Mutt users will be even less well informed. ;-) Mostly, I think mutt-dev should not concern itself with that problem, to be honest. It should be noted in the change log and any relevant "Upgrading" documents, and that's it. New is new; if you want new, be prepared to make your config new. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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