From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22025: Emacs 25 corrupts Emacs 24 .emacs.desktop. Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:46:51 +0200 Message-ID: <83zixuj9b8.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20151127083837.GB1782@acm.fritz.box> <83r3jbstgq.fsf@gnu.org> <20151201121940.GA2611@acm.fritz.box> <83a8pukwdq.fsf@gnu.org> <20151201170138.GB2611@acm.fritz.box> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448995706 22568 80.91.229.3 (1 Dec 2015 18:48:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 18:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22025@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 01 19:48:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a3pyF-0006wO-Ac for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:48:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54401 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3pyE-0003bw-Mi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:48:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43656) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3pyA-0003bm-Sa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:48:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3py6-0002xu-Rd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:48:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45637) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3py6-0002xW-Nt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:48:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a3py6-0006EQ-Fe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:48:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22025 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22025-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22025.144899563623847 (code B ref 22025); Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22025) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Dec 2015 18:47:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35343 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a3pxM-0006CZ-DW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:47:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:39776) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a3px1-0006BW-Lz for 22025@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:47:14 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NYO00C00ZZCAW00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 22025@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:46:53 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NYP00BBU064ZC80@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:46:53 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <20151201170138.GB2611@acm.fritz.box> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:109515 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 17:01:38 +0000 > Cc: 22025@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Alan Mackenzie > > I think we need some way of alerting all users to the change. Otherwise > we could end up with lots of users never upgrading their desktops at > all, which would be a shame. The trouble is, we also need some way of > not alerting the users too often, and then we're coming back to some > sort of variable, if not a defcustom. I think NEWS is the appropriate place to alert them to this.