From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Only signal package.el warnings when needed Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:18:51 +0200 Message-ID: <8336ptet50.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83k1j7dyu3.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1547573885 13808 195.159.176.226 (15 Jan 2019 17:38:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:38:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Radon Rosborough Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 15 18:38:00 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gjSf0-0003Pc-W8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:37:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58229 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gjSh7-0007Ce-SS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:40:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55816) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gjSaY-0002Qh-A2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:33:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:49720) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gjSMh-0001Sj-KX; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:19:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3588 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gjSMg-0001nA-SN; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:19:03 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Radon Rosborough on Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:46:16 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:232366 Archived-At: > From: Radon Rosborough > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:46:16 -0700 > Cc: emacs-devel > > You're right that we have not heard too much about it. However, I > expect that we will hear a lot more about it if we release Emacs 27 > with the current code. This is because people who run Emacs from HEAD > are more likely to be advanced users who know how to proceed when > confronted with a warning message like this. I'm saying that we should hear the complaints first and devise the solution only after that. It is quite likely that the actual complaints will tell us something which will affect the solution we devise. > I don't see any downside to installing the patch, but I do see a clear > benefit to many users. Let me know your thoughts. Increasing complexity is definitely a downside, at least in my book. Any complex solution runs the risk of having unintended consequences, so IMO we should understand the problem better before we decide on a solution.