>>>>> On Wed, 18 Dec 2019, Michael Orlitzky wrote:

>> No revbumps will be done for this (and virtual/emacs will be simply
>> removed without prior masking).

> I guess it's nice that we know ahead of time, but is there any reason
> to suspect that this won't cause havoc?

Removal of the virtual/emacs ebuilds won't remove the installed package
from users' systems. It will eventually disappear, when all its reverse
dependencies have been updated. Why would its continued presence as an
installed package (for another while) cause any problems?

Revbumping its more than 400 reverse dependencies really doesn't sound
so attractive, and would cause rebuilds on users' systems for virtually
(pun intended :-) no benefit.

Ulrich