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: Reconsider make-backup-files default value Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:10:30 +0300 Message-ID: <86ldzrdcjt.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17557"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: pinmacs Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 16 14:11:42 2024 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 1sqAZx-0004IX-6m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:11:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sqAZA-0005TD-Ls; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:10:52 -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 ) id 1sqAZ8-0005Sy-AY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:10:50 -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 ) id 1sqAZ7-0008O2-Sl; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:10:49 -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=hg4ql2swI3LX/yoPxnxG0YxnRVMO478X7hdQnXerKmM=; b=C1a0SI3AEDO0 sb+fUZar1hlJibh5Qg7gUlUdFSwFMKQvQYFXDfjiVuTFbV+d/UTJ9YkuidSJaA8Xohyz6Oj7U02qB caqTyikIH+RolkikyyJjmNY0nle5vc1qVYMlgCfqTQ2/VPXfKoAwodIm9FOkJHNuGFpHDuS7VjEi0 CW8jaYhfbin0EIhiPnDpq5xwdix+C8U5/guPpo5xmxRMMOL+i0VD6QaGkrYyUAdibMEyiXZRWgpOb eD39hmXPYyED79V1Jl63tsUogG1xM+H7KY8ThA32VOPpdbFo7wak5QdrPgQ1lrR5cOvkr0Pf5QCYT eCyNtFkn9MQkXqNWgV7C5w==; In-Reply-To: (message from pinmacs on Sun, 15 Sep 2024 20:40:44 -0300) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:323663 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 20:40:44 -0300 > From: pinmacs > > 1. There are plenty of free software solutions in the world of: (1) > version control systems When you edit a file under a VCS (Git etc.), Emacs by default doesn't create backup files. So this usage pattern is already taken care of.