From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
Cc: 48249@debbugs.gnu.org, dima@secretsauce.net
Subject: bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 13:15:00 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83im3wdv8b.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <531453ddd625bf0ea1b9@heytings.org> (message from Gregory Heytings on Thu, 06 May 2021 09:57:04 +0000)
> Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 09:57:04 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> cc: 48249@debbugs.gnu.org, dima@secretsauce.net
>
> > More generally, that's development for you; without risking such
> > destabilization from time to time we can never afford significant
> > improvements. The important question is: will the new-and-improved
> > behavior be useful or won't it?
>
> Indeed perhaps the most important question here is: is this a "significant
> improvement"? IMO, the answer is clearly "no".
I know, and I think that opinion makes your judgment of the results
too severe.
> > Yes, of course. The introduction of bidirectional editing support
> > during development of Emacs 24.1 comes to mind.
>
> That was, of course, a significant improvement that was worth taking the
> risk of destabilization.
I wish you were here when that was introduced and heard some of the
opinions voiced back then (and still being voiced from time to time).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-06 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-06 3:50 bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode Dima Kogan
2021-05-06 7:30 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 8:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-06 8:17 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 9:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-06 9:57 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 10:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-05-06 11:48 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 12:30 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 12:39 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 13:25 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 13:38 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 13:58 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 14:22 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 14:49 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 19:25 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-05-07 9:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-05-07 10:24 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-07 12:02 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-07 12:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-05-07 20:30 ` Dima Kogan
2021-05-08 12:30 ` Alan Mackenzie
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