On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Mittelbach, Frank
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>> Even an error message that explains the situation would be preferable
>> to the standard "File `l3prop.sty' not found" error.
>
> ok that's probably better than a warning. Error  and explaining what to
> change, followed by loading expl3 so that the document can continue

That seems sensible. Users have probably (and justifiably) become
desensitized to console-warnings.

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