bug#737: vc-dir reports unregistered-then-deleted file is "up-to-date"

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

It's s very sad, but I have to remind you that this was not done the
proper way: this code has a clear author and an active maintainer,
usually it's nice to ask about making changes to such code.  That has
not happened, the onus to ask and motivate changes is on the person that
makes changes.

Changing defaults that actually take functionality away is not a good
idea, even a worse idea during a feature freeze.

From the discussion here, there's no sign that there was any analysis of
the consequences to the end user and ease of use of changing the
defaults.

So given that I wrote the code in question, and the package that uses
it, I will add a new defcustom to control this behavior, and make the
default be like before your change.

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

  > Nick Roberts wrote:
  > 
  > > (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-06/msg00239.html)


  > From reading that thread, it seems to me that this discussion has
  > already happened, and that the current behaviour is the one Stefan
  > wants, so I'll defer to him.

What Stefan wanted was predicated by the existence of a vc-pull function
to balance for not being able to see the status of the remote
files. Such a function does not exist, and it probably won't during the
feature freeze.  Yes, he does have the authority to override anyone, but
I hope he will be a bit more tactful in using that power.