From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: self@gkayaalp.com, larsi@gnus.org, 29550@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29550: 27.0.50; `not-modified' should be disabled by default
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:20:58 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y2y7fu05.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmk0ySi2pev+8Y4ZtndKqrr1gN7UsEtk0bQzdCnBoiM+tw@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sun, 29 Sep 2019 02:06:55 +0200)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 02:06:55 +0200
> Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>, Göktuğ Kayaalp <self@gkayaalp.com>,
> 29550@debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> >> Previous times this came up:
> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2005-04/msg00182.html
> >> (a prolific and, err, idiosyncratic reporter)
> >>
> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-02/msg00414.html
> >> (previous maintainer)
> >>
> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-02/msg00395.html
> >> (previous+N maintainer)
> >>
> >> Obviously, this calls for a poll!
> >>
> >> (Please don't have a poll.)
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > I think it makes sense to have this command disabled by default. It's a
> > lot more dangerous than several of the other commands that are
> > disabled...
>
> I agree with Lars here, and Stefan Monnier in the above thread, that
> it should be disabled.
>
> I don't really understand the basic controversy here. It should at
> worst be a minor inconvenience for anyone who do wish to use it, while
> it could save many other users some big headaches.
The basic controversy here, from my POV, is that I use "emacs -Q" a
lot when working on bug reports, and having this command disabled by
default will be a nuisance because I use it VERY often.
> So I'll just jump in at the deep end and ask... Are there any
> objections to the attached patch?
The previous discussions provide objections, don't they?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-29 7:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-03 23:19 bug#29550: 27.0.50; `not-modified' should be disabled by default Göktuğ Kayaalp
2017-12-04 3:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-04 17:58 ` Glenn Morris
2017-12-05 10:06 ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2018-04-15 19:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-12-05 9:49 ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2019-09-29 0:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-29 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-09-29 7:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-29 7:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-29 8:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-29 8:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-29 8:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-09-29 10:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-04 18:38 ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2019-10-04 19:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-10 14:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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