From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 22025@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22025: Emacs 25 corrupts Emacs 24 .emacs.desktop.
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:39:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151127113916.GE1782@acm.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83io4nspv5.fsf@gnu.org>
Hello, Eli.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:23:10PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:47:18 +0000
> > Cc: 22025@debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
> > > This would be a nice enhancement, but it certainly isn't a bug in my
> > > book.
> > I couldn't disagree more. Users should be free to update to Emacs 25,
> > but it shouldn't be for us to force them.
> ??? How's this forcing an upgrade? The issue won't exist until the
> user, out of their free will, starts Emacs 25.
Because people will "just try out" Emacs 25. That's what I always do
with new Emacsen. Then before deciding to upgrade, they find that their
.emacs.desktop won't work in their accustomed setups any longer (which
is a horrible surprise), effectively forcing them to upgrade.
[ .... ]
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-27 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-27 8:38 bug#22025: Emacs 25 corrupts Emacs 24 .emacs.desktop Alan Mackenzie
2015-11-27 9:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-11-27 9:47 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-11-27 10:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-11-27 11:39 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2015-11-27 12:27 ` Andy Moreton
2015-12-01 12:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-12-01 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-01 17:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-12-01 17:46 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-02 12:35 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-12-02 14:47 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-01 18:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-02 11:27 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-12-02 13:16 ` Andy Moreton
2015-12-02 13:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-03 8:40 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-12-03 10:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-15 16:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-01-15 18:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-18 13:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
[not found] ` <<83mvtrj02w.fsf@gnu.org>
2015-12-03 14:33 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-03 14:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-12-03 15:35 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-03 15:44 ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-09-29 21:17 ` Stefan Kangas
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