From: Michael Albinus via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: 75306@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75306: 31.0.50; Make `small-temporary-file-directory` variable obsolete
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:56:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cyh4bfv0.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmk4TS4qGMT3bFguMo=7qU_-CF-pD+04johYb1B=9wZiyw@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Thu, 2 Jan 2025 21:23:12 -0600")
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Stefan,
> I think the variable doesn't make much sense these days, and should be
> made obsolete. Note that it is barely used in Emacs and third-party
> packages.
>
> However, Tramp recently started using the variable as a place to create
> OpenSSH Unix domain sockets. May I suggest that Tramp uses some other
> variable for this purpose, perhaps a Tramp specific one?
Is there a reason that it must be changed? What are the advantages? Does
it hurt to keep the user option?
And in the Tramp case, you break an existing interface. Users have been
instructed to change the value of small-temporary-file-directory when
needed. See (info "(tramp) Frequently Asked Questions"), which documents
a user problem reported on the <tramp-devel@gnu.org> ML.
Best regards, Michael.
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-03 3:23 bug#75306: 31.0.50; Make `small-temporary-file-directory` variable obsolete Stefan Kangas
2025-01-03 5:56 ` Michael Albinus via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2025-01-03 8:26 ` Stefan Kangas
2025-01-03 8:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-03 8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-03 9:15 ` Stefan Kangas
2025-01-03 11:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-04 9:54 ` Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2025-01-04 9:54 ` Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <87ttaezyyp.fsf@>
2025-01-04 11:26 ` Michael Albinus via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2025-01-04 22:16 ` Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2025-01-04 22:16 ` Björn Bidar via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <6779b38c.050a0220.be2ea.a6e0SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2025-01-05 5:30 ` Stefan Kangas
[not found] ` <8734hyw7g4.fsf@>
2025-01-05 8:18 ` Michael Albinus via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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