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Subject: Re: Oh, the *OTHER* think I don't understand about Customize...
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Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> writes:

> Would it be a Good Thing or a Bad Idea if somebody  were to go through
> the source  tree, find all the 'known/believed  to be broken" routines
> like this, and wrapped the broken parts with a

> (if xemacs-beta-tester-you-were-warned (broken-code))

Bad code really shouldn't be in the distribution.  avoid.el is still
there because there was weeping and gnashing of teeth when I tried to
take it out.  In this case I believe the onus of documenting the
problems should be on those who can't bear to see the files disappear
from the distribution.
-- 
steve@calag.com baur
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