bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:43:39 +0000
> Cc: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>, 
> 	74637@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> >
> >>> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>
> >>> Cc: 74637@debbugs.gnu.org
> >>> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:06:11 +0200
> >>>
> >>> >> > That's an incompatible behavior change.  Is that justified?  How can
> >>> >> > we be sure that everyone agrees with your interpretation of this mode?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> All other view-file like modes behave like this, you view the file and
> >>> >> leave the file with q.
> >>> >
> >>> > That doesn't change the fact that view-mode didn't behave like that,
> >>> > until now.
> >>>
> >>> View-mode isn't change outside of the specific situation of opening a
> >>> file which isn't writable.
> >>
> >> It's still a significant change.  Killing a buffer is not a minor
> >> think, and restoring it is not always easy, or even possible (e.g.,
> >> the file could have been deleted in the meantime).
> >>
> >> My opinion is that if we install this, we need to provide some way of
> >> getting the previous behavior back, for those who may want it.
> >>
> >> Stefan and Andrea, WDYT?
> >
> > Agree with your position.
> 
> +1

It sounds like the consensus here is that we should not make this
change, so I'm closing this bug.