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> From: Madhu <enometh@meer.net>
> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:00:37 +0530
> 
> I think transient.el has serious design problems with respect to emacs.

Then please describe those problems in detail, preferably in a bug
report.  (You allude here to some discussions you had with Jonas, but
we weren't part of them, and so those references tell us nothing
useful.)

> Until these issues are addressed I would prefer that new code in the
> core not use transient.el

We cannot agree with this conclusion unless we understand the details.

Thanks.