Re: Reconsider make-backup-files default value

[pinmacs <pinmacs@cas.cat>]

+1

I also think it does not make sense this days:

1. There are plenty of free software solutions in the world of: (1) 
version control systems, (2) backup solutions
2. No other editors [2] are doing something like that by default; which 
could generate surprise for new users. In fact, I had this for years 
because I thought that if it was there, was because of something. At 
some point, I did an investigation on my own and I found that "nobody" 
was saying this was useful.
3. It is very strange the way it works [1], in some cases, I had a 
backup years ago from a file that I did changes from time to time (?); 
anyway, I don't use it anymore. When my changes are important, I do git 
on it, and emacs package magit is amazing; I was a long-time user of 
simple terminal git commands, but with magit I could get even more 
precision on what I wanted to stage, unstage, commit, etc. And very fast.

[1] Emacs makes a backup for a file only the first time the file is 
saved from a buffer. No matter how many times you subsequently save the 
file, its backup remains unchanged. However, if you kill the buffer and 
then visit the file again, a new backup file will be made. source: 
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Backup.html

[2] At least, not in all the editors I tried or used in the last 15