From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Björn Bidar" <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>
Cc: 74775@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74775: [PATCH] Update browse-url-kde variables
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:07:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86bjxi2g4a.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wmg6ce2b.fsf@thaodan.de> (message from Björn Bidar on Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:41:32 +0200)
> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>
> Cc: 74775@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:41:32 +0200
>
> > I'd prefer not to change defaults in Emacs 30 at this point, but if
> > you think the current defaults might be not useful, then I'll ask in
> > what version(s) of current systems using KDE this change happened, and
> > how probable is it that users are still using those old versions?
>
> The change happened in KDE 4 which was released in 2008. The change
> would break users of KDE3 which isn't supported anymore since 15 years
> by now.
> So the change would fix the behavior of users which are still on KDE 4
> or 5
> (Technically KDE Plasma in this context after KDE3) and those which use
> the latest stable KDE Plasma 6.
>
> > Installing on master doesn't need to delve into these issues, since if
> > we are wrong, we have enough time for users to holler and for us to
> > fix. Emacs 30, OTOH, is very close to the release, so we must be very
> > certain this change cannot cause any trouble.
>
> I don't think there's a chance for that.
Famous last words...
> If you decide to install the change on Emacs 30. Do you want me to send
> the patch again with the changes mentioned by you i.e. defcustom version
> and type?
I still think we should install this on master. AFAIK, we had exactly
zero complaints about these defaults, perhaps for the simple reason
that it is easy to customize a user option if its default is wrong for
a user.
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2024-12-11 12:38 ` bug#74775: [PATCH] Update browse-url-kde variables Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-11 14:03 ` Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-12-11 14:28 ` Robert Pluim
2024-12-11 16:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-11 17:41 ` Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-12-11 19:07 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-12-12 16:44 ` Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-12-12 18:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2024-12-11 1:22 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-12-10 23:04 Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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