From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: backup-by-copying-when-mismatch Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:16:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: <874oc6ze69.fsf@gmx.de> <87k4kxzefl.fsf@gmx.de> <87r5eg6zii.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290359813 10118 80.91.229.12 (21 Nov 2010 17:16:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:16:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 21 18:16:48 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PKDWx-0007FU-T2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:16:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35276 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKDWx-0005DB-6T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:16:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35398 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKDWs-0005D6-MQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:16:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKDWr-0008NO-Uz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:16:42 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:3108 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKDWr-0008NJ-R4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:16:41 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: An4HAGPi6ExMCqtq/2dsb2JhbAChW31yu3WFSwSEWo1p X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.59,232,1288584000"; d="scan'208";a="83138438" Original-Received: from 76-10-171-106.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.171.106]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 21 Nov 2010 12:16:41 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E36B2660F5; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:16:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87r5eg6zii.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:49:25 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:132965 Archived-At: >>>>> A simpler solution would be to change the default value of >>>>> backup-by-copying-when-mismatch to t for everyone rather than just >>>>> for root. I don't know what would the objections to this. >>>> From my pov it would be acceptable, but I don't know how people see it. >>> Neither do I. >> Let's change the default in the trunk. I'll deactivate the setting in >> Tramp, and we'll see whether there are complaints. OK? > Ping. > Stefan, shall I change it this way? OK, let's try it. Stefan