Re: [PATCH] When deleting in bookmark menu, prompt for confirmation.

[Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 11:45 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 11:28:12 -0700
> >
> > One downside I see right off the bat is that
> > `prefer-conservative-defaults' == t would roughly mean "keep Emacs like
> > it was in version 28", but a decade from now, someone might prefer Emacs
> > 38 and want conservative defaults starting then. I suppose
> > `prefer-conservative-defaults' could specify a preferred version, and
> > `defcustom' could allow for multiple default values defined by
> > particular version ranges.
>
> You make it sound as if defaults never change in Emacs.  That is
> definitely not true: we do change them, after we receive feedback from
> users who opt in to the new behavior.

That's fair. So long as there's a path to change defaults if
maintainers are confident about it, then I have no concerns.

As for the feature itself, I'd probably opt in to it, since I only
lightly use bookmarks, and having it work more like dired would reduce
confusion for me. If some version of this patch merges, I'll be sure
to provide feedback if I notice any hiccups.

- Jim