From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Committing new smtpmail.el later tonight Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:51:29 +0300 Message-ID: <83oc1pvmge.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87liyndz5l.fsf@lifelogs.com> <8739jogwf9.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87lix9eknu.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <878vt52ykv.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878vt25tbf.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87zklbnet1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83sjr2vaqk.fsf@gnu.org> <871uylkgi9.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308761778 31573 80.91.229.12 (22 Jun 2011 16:56:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:56:18 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 22 18:56:14 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QZQip-0003wK-9S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:56:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39133 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZQio-0004G2-KD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:56:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44888) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZQeK-0003KV-8f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:51:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZQeH-0001PM-Rz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:51:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:52111) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZQeH-0001P7-EQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:51:29 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LN700L00ARLYX00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:51:27 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.66.211]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LN700L8PATQC970@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:51:27 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <871uylkgi9.fsf@lifelogs.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:140865 Archived-At: > From: Ted Zlatanov > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:55:26 -0500 > > EZ> Why do we have to have this incompatibility? Why cannot > EZ> smtpmail-auth-credentials continue be supported, in addition to the > EZ> new ~/.authinfo? E.g., note the value of the variable and > EZ> automatically write ~/.authinfo? > > I think that leaves `smtpmail-auth-credentials' in place, where it will > confuse the user. How can my own customization on my own .emacs confuse me? > So IMO the conversion should also unset `smtpmail-auth-credentials'. I see no need for that. Emacs doesn't modify .emacs except during explicit use of Customize.