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Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master a4144af 1/2: Prefer ~/.config/emacs to
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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:05:09 -0400
> 
> Basically the argument is "if the user consciously chose to use the
> weird XDG setup, then let's obey those wishes".

That's exactly my view on this issue.  We cannot assume the user
prefers the XDG conventions without at least some indication to that
effect, not after using .emacs.d for so many years.  It would violate
the principle of the least astonishment.