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> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: bugs@gnu.support, nicola.manca85@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:41:24 -0400
> 
>   > You personally may find it annoying, but please keep in mind that many
>   > applications nowadays offer to take the user through a similar process
>   > first time the application is started after installation.  So I
>   > presume many newcomers to Emacs will not be surprised by that, and
>   > maybe will even expect something like that.
> 
> If wr make it optional to run the configuration wizard, then the worst
> annoyance it can cause is saying no, just once after each
> installation.

Making it optional is indeed the way to go.