[bug#63984] [PATCH emacs-team 0/2] Start preparing for Emacs 29

[Mekeor Melire]

Hello :)

2023-06-11 09:35 andrew@trop.in:

> Sounds reasonable, but I think it would be ok, if after updating 
> emacs, emacs-next will be 29 for a couple of weeks with 
> deprecation warning on top of it. The meaning of -next suffix is 
> a convention, not a technical limitation, so it's fine to 
> violate it for deprecation period.

> Overall, deprecation is not something crucial here and people 
> know that guix breaks backward compatibility from time to time, 
> so I think it's ok to go without it.

I think we don't need to divert deprecation/alias from its 
intended use. I think NEWS serves its job well enough.

When having emacs-next installed and keeping it upgraded, users 
should be able to expect that the upcoming release of Emacs is 
installed, without deprecation warnings. After all, the package is 
not called emacs29 but emacs-next.

That being said, I believe it's a good idea to 
define-deprecated/public-alias emacs-next-pgtk and 
emacs-next-pgtk-xwidgets.