From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] When deleting in bookmark menu, prompt for confirmation. Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 16:16:38 +0300 Message-ID: <835z006jpl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a6pcqy7s.fsf@red-bean.com> <83czu86o46.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28874"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon May 03 15:18:45 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ldYTE-0007OX-BE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 03 May 2021 15:18:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55078 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ldYTD-0006dm-Dx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 03 May 2021 09:18:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40380) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ldYRe-0005PI-IQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 May 2021 09:17:07 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52567) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ldYRc-0001sG-Bp; Mon, 03 May 2021 09:17:05 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1514 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ldYRU-0003Hv-1T; Mon, 03 May 2021 09:17:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Kangas on Mon, 3 May 2021 07:47:50 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:268813 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Kangas > Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 07:47:50 -0500 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Isn't this a backward-incompatible change in behavior? If it is, then > > (a) I'd prefer the default to remain as it was before, and (b) the > > change should be called out in NEWS. > > I don't see how backwards-compatibility is relevant here, but perhaps > you could provide more specifics. We are now asking for confirmation where previously no question was asked, or am I missing something? > IMO, we should do what we always do: enable this new feature by default > if it is generally useful, and disable it if it is not. If someone does > not like the change, we already have an option in place to disable it. Questions that pop where previously Emacs did something silently can be annoying, which is why I'd prefer to turn this off by default. If someone wants the new behavior, they can enable it.