Re: Obsoleting more progressively

[Stefan Monnier]

> Another possibility is to leave the elisp there, but needing some
> explicit action to load it. Maybe a new function (load-obsolete
> "file") to load such files, or (use-obsolete 'feature) to enable
> loading that feature with the usual functions. This assumes whole
> files that have been obsoleted - if it is the odd variable or function
> within a still current package, then they should probably be moved to
> a new file in the obsolete directory first.

I'm more concerned about "the odd variable or function", but that's
a good idea: we could rename the var/function to "obsolete-<foo>", so
that a simple (defalias/defvaralias '<foo> 'obsolete-<foo>) brings it back.


        Stefan