From: philip@warpmail.net (Philip K.)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 41060@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41060: [PATCH] Use write-region when saving recentf file
Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 23:22:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zdciuhj.fsf@bulbul> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83368gq0uc.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sun, 03 May 2020 22:23:39 +0300)
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: philip@warpmail.net (Philip K.)
>> Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 18:43:01 +0200
>>
>> This patch does just that, replacing write-file with write-region,
>> because I argue that an automatically generated file doesn't need
>> backups.
>
> Not even one backup?
No, as seems to be the default with other auto-generated files.
> Also, why impose this change on everyone, when backups for a specific
> file can be disabled by the user at will?
I understand the argument, but I don't see why anyone would be
interested in backups for a file they don't actually visit + it's
appears to be inconsistent behaviour, as mentioned above.
--
Philip K.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-03 21:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-03 16:43 bug#41060: [PATCH] Use write-region when saving recentf file Philip K.
2020-05-03 19:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 21:22 ` Philip K. [this message]
2020-05-05 2:48 ` Richard Stallman
2020-08-08 12:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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