From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>, 12507@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:23:43 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11ee80e5-6d98-4a1f-93c8-babb6da003f3@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87363ff7qp.fsf@gnus.org>
> >> Am I wrong that `write-region' does not provide for backups?
> >> If not, then this is clearly a bug, and a pretty serious one, IMO.
> >
> > It would be annoying litter the filesystem with backups for every
> > internal configuration file. The abbrev file and desktop file are not
> > backed up either, and I think that's fine.
> >
> > I wouldn't mind adding a global feature to optionally enable backups for
> > such files.
>
> Indeed; data files are normally not backed up, and the bookmark file is
> one such file. So I'm closing this bug report.
>
> If somebody wants a global "make write-region make backup files"
> (possibly on a per-mode basis?), then a new bug report should be opened.
No, `write-region' should not, itself, make a backup file.
It's not blanket either-everything-or-nothing. Some
"data" files deserve backup; some don't.
A bookmark file definitely does deserve it. It's
typically updated frequently (each time a bookmark
is visited).
Emacs goes out of its way to protect user data. Why
now we would think that only "code" or non-"data"
files deserve backing up, I can't imagine.
Some "data" files are quite important. A bookmark
file is one such. `bookmark-write-file' should
use `write-file', not `write-region'. I made that
change in Bookmark+ 8 years ago.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-18 16:23 UTC|newest]
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2012-09-25 13:53 ` bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist Drew Adams
2012-09-26 2:53 ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-26 3:18 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-26 4:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-26 14:19 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-26 19:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-26 20:31 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-26 21:46 ` Karl Fogel
2012-09-26 22:26 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-26 23:36 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-27 15:48 ` Karl Fogel
2012-09-27 16:00 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-27 17:57 ` Karl Fogel
2012-09-27 18:32 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-27 3:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-24 18:41 ` bug#12507: 24.2.50; `bookmark-write-file': use `write-file', not `write-region', to get backups Drew Adams
2012-09-27 5:38 ` bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist Thierry Volpiatto
2012-09-27 18:37 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-27 21:16 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-09-28 9:04 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-09-28 20:00 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-29 7:42 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-09-29 14:36 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-29 15:12 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-09-29 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-29 16:20 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-09-29 16:50 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-29 16:57 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-10-01 3:38 ` bug#12507: Option `(bookmark-)version-control': Use :tag so doc string matches menu Karl Fogel
2012-10-01 4:06 ` bug#12507: Option `(bookmark-)version-control': Use :tag so docstring " Drew Adams
2012-10-01 4:13 ` bug#12507: Have I mentioned how much I hate Debbugs? Karl Fogel
2012-10-01 4:50 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-01 21:23 ` Karl Fogel
2012-10-01 22:00 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-02 5:31 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2020-11-29 1:07 ` bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist Karl Fogel
2012-09-27 8:36 ` bug#12507: `bookmark-write-file': use `write-file', not `write-region', to get backups Juri Linkov
2012-09-27 15:02 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-18 15:02 ` bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-18 16:23 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-09-19 14:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-19 17:29 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-23 6:41 ` Karl Fogel
2020-09-23 13:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-23 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-24 13:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-29 5:27 ` Karl Fogel
2020-09-29 14:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-23 14:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-23 18:13 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-23 18:14 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-29 5:25 ` Karl Fogel
2020-09-29 15:45 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-29 0:28 ` Karl Fogel
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