From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Phil Hagelberg <phil@hagelb.org>
Cc: 18812@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18812: 24.4; url.el user agent does not include Emacs version
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:07:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbnp1pi9m.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2zjcld1es.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:48:11 -0400")
> Web browsers do.
I know, and I don't like it either.
> It helps web developers
I think it only helps them in the sense "helps to dig themselves
further into a hole, instead of backing up towards the light" ;-)
> and is not particularly sensitive if only the major.minor version is
> used (without too much detail).
It wouldn't be the end of the world, indeed.
But I still haven't heard of any concrete reason why it would be
beneficial. The only argument I've seen so far amounts to a handwavy
"would be helpful", which I find rather unconvincing.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-24 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-23 21:32 bug#18812: 24.4; url.el user agent does not include Emacs version Phil Hagelberg
2014-10-24 1:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-24 13:48 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-10-24 16:07 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-10-24 16:21 ` Phil Hagelberg
2014-10-24 18:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-24 20:37 ` Phil Hagelberg
2014-10-24 19:17 ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-12-25 19:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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