RE: [External] : Re: Proposal: new default bindings for winner and windmove

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> >>> Yes, but...  Every time we do this, we're upsetting_sombody_'s work
> >>> flow.  I don't see any way of getting this increased freedom to
> >>> change.
> >> Somebody mentioned telemetry in this thread earlier, apparently it was
> >> not received well. But some consistent way of polling users might help.
> >> Sometime later when we establish one.
> >
> > As I replied to Alan, adding another default key
> > binding doesn't necessarily upset anyone's workflow
> > (though it typically does hit someone somewhere).
> 
> I think he's asking a valid question I've had to ponder on multiple
> occasions myself: when the backward compatibility promise is so strong
> that we never end up deleting anything (roughly speaking), we have to
> think real hard when adding any new thing.

I don't have anything special to say about that
here.  I will say that my point here is not at
all about backward compatibility.

That may be an additional consideration, but
it's different from the aim to be conservative
about allocation of limited (and especially,
now rare) resources.