Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message.

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > > This code blocks the most obvious way for the site to disable the
  > > message for all users.

  > Why is this important?

So that sysadmins will think twice before disabling the message for
their users.

  > It also makes the init file of a user following the docstring of
  > inhibit-startup-echo-area-message less portable. 

In what sense "less portable"?  What does it need to be portable to?
If you answer that, we can judge whether this issue matters.

  > Further, it forces
  > particular syntax upon users not using the customize interface.

That is no great loss.

The feature is important, and these alleged disadvantages seem to be
so minor they hardly exist.

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