Re: Patches for Emacs 25.2

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Nikolay Kudryavtsev <nikolay.kudryavtsev@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:05:46 +0300
> 
> bug#23076 was wishlist, that's true. And it's fixed in 25.1 already. It's just that the fix introduces a separate problem breaking tramp git commits. That problem is NOT a wishlist. As for modified - the largest modified part in that commit is tramp-tests the rest are trivial changes to ob-core.el, vc-hooks.el, gud.el. If it's still too large, we can just take only that new tramp function, vc-git fix part(that depends on it) and use that. Even if the function is broken somehow, it would not break anything that is not already broken(tramp vc git commits).

The changeset adds 2 new functions, adds 2 new handlers, and uses
these handlers in several files.  It also adds a defcustom, which
already makes it something other than just a bugfix, because it has
clear user-visible changes.  The added code will most probably have
non-trivial consequences, given what it does and how many problems we
had in that area.

So I don't really see how you can claim that this changeset is safe
for 25.2.

Once again, if someone suggests a safer change that fixes the bug
without introducing new features, I will consider it for the release
branch.  But that changeset in its present form is out of the question
for emacs-25, and Michael feels the same.  Sorry.  (People who must
have this change can always patch their local Tramp.)