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> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  Stefan Monnier
>  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,  smartlitchi@gmail.com,  lokedhs@gmail.com,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:49:30 +0100
> 
> >>>>> On Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:41:58 -0500, "Mingde (Matthew) Zeng" <matthewzmd@gmail.com> said:
> 
>     >> A directory ~/.config/emacs should not exist unless the user
>     >> wants to switch to using it, and preferring an existing ~/.emacs.d
>     >> even if ~/.config/emacs does exist will protect those who somehow
>     >> create the latter by accident.
> 
>     Mingde> Sounds good to me.
> 
> That sounds like my earlier patch

It's close.  I'd like us to prefer ~/.emacs.d, if it exists, even if
~/.config/emacs also exists.  I don't think your patch did that.  Am I
wrong?

In any case, we need to update the NEWS entry to be in sync with the
change.

Thanks.