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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>,
	57503@debbugs.gnu.org, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>,
	Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Subject: bug#57503: 28.1.91; package-selected-packages should not be saved to custom-file
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:52:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871qsrbedc.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=ybX69kpOan3h+jkuHSoCFagBGY=Z0z_hR=vba+S++sA@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sat, 3 Sep 2022 08:32:26 -0700")

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> - Keep the old defcustom, and add a new multisession variable.
>
> - If the old variable exists, use it.  Otherwise the new one.
>
> - Add a new command that "upgrades" the variable into a multisession
>   variable.  Make it say that it will break things on Emacs < 29.  Don't
>   run it automatically.
>
> - In Emacs version N (e.g., 5 major versions from now?), upgrade any
>   user automatically, without prompting, and make the defcustom
>   obsolete.

Hm...  I think this has the disadvantage that it both requires user
intervention, but in addition it'll force you into one usage pattern or
another at some point.

I think perhaps Stefan M's suggestion of adding a new user option to
control the behaviour here is the only practical way forward.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-04 10:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-31 12:43 bug#57503: 28.1.91; package-selected-packages should not be saved to custom-file Joost Kremers
2022-09-02 13:11 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-02 13:17   ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-02 13:17   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-02 14:33     ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-03  9:52       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-03 10:17         ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-03 12:25           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-03 15:32         ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-04 10:52           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-09-05  7:37             ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-05 11:16               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-05 11:51                 ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-05 13:14                   ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-05 19:04                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-06  8:18                       ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-06 10:34                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-06 13:49                           ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-06 14:30                             ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-06 16:45                           ` jakanakaevangeli
2022-09-07  0:09                             ` Stefan Kangas
2022-09-07  5:38                               ` jakanakaevangeli
2022-09-07  9:55                               ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-07 12:39                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-03 15:33 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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