From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel
Subject: Re: Reconsider make-backup-files default value
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 08:23:06 +0300
Message-ID: <86bk0k9pz9.fsf@gnu.org>
References: <hRb-9aA6UUrj2IxA8n2asx770Cz8wnnxNY5dS4Y-n-v7tyLcjAdNE_eGClz-1miEh-l1_fB-6pioYj-chqoh2w2sypMMQ3hqltxPGntbVDs=@proton.me>
 <87a5g84hn4.fsf@baxters.nz> <86msk7dcuk.fsf@gnu.org>
 <x2mikusu3bc.fsf@iki.fi> <87frpwprdh.fsf@librehacker.com>
Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214";
	logging-data="21983"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io"
Cc: petterih@iki.fi, jeremy@baxters.nz, james.ipswich@proton.me,
 emacs-devel@gnu.org
To: Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com>
Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 19 07:24:42 2024
Return-path: <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>
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 <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>)
	id 1sr9ej-0005ZP-Ms
	for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:24:41 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1)
	(envelope-from <emacs-devel-bounces@gnu.org>)
	id 1sr9dl-0000jP-0k; Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:23:41 -0400
Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10])
 by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>) id 1sr9di-0000aS-8a
 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:23:38 -0400
Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e])
 by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>)
 id 1sr9df-0003Cm-H2; Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:23:35 -0400
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org;
 s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date:
 mime-version; bh=ORAxYyIO7u/po80JOAOYpk7+MskssKPLkJGfn6AKSDA=; b=EvtT/dKsaX85
 6TTYzARFf0ojjF3qpXdJMiD0uDm489BPDRoRBKOIkd7kyuSFeeJEFuVij50K/EPBtY1s5Ia3/8QGo
 C4n/ReeNC/IoAuixCPntqwSOa0bAcuNbTnHov4SlK1WVFCwAR7Adeqrf0CAgOxMXjGKU4MGMEHFv8
 UnNPiL8ewMumLFQBD6y/aUdKop3477f38/7UUm/BcT1nHgzARvdPWZPdmStYWdIezy564wIzV9s7h
 bTCoK9xG0qpXpFUfycKkUMKk5D8LmhJrH6b07pMIwfr8p1ZLHQsxrdEySDSNyhEnWzM2EkfUpsVmD
 L9wJiHYB+8IdqgY0ygZmig==;
In-Reply-To: <87frpwprdh.fsf@librehacker.com> (message from Christopher Howard
 on Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:46:18 -0800)
X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-devel>,
 <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
 <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org
Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org
Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:323749
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/323749>

> From: Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  Jeremy Baxter <jeremy@baxters.nz>,
>   james.ipswich@proton.me,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:46:18 -0800
> 
> Something I have wondered about for a while is why the kept-old-versions default is 2 instead of 1. It makes sense of course that you would want to keep, e.g., the original (template) version of a config file, but what is special about the first revision you made to it?

If you start from an empty file, the first version is frequently not
useful.