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From: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Hunting the culprit package
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:31:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <p914jxsj5pf.fsf@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwva67khxr3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:12:03 -0400")

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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

I disagreethat we were not a "resounding" success; 

1. We were successful as you pointed out.
2. We were still making noise -- so that meets the "resounding" bar.
>> Because magit is hooked into so many places, every part of Emacs was
>> giving some error. For example, pressing RET on an info node was also
>> not working.
>>
>> An external package can cause so much damage. Can this be prevented?
>
> :-)
>
> Emacs tries to make a lot of things possible.  It also tries to prevent
> bad things, but it tends to be pretty conservative in this respect since
> the two goals are in conflict.
>
> To the extent that your problem prevented you from using Emacs but
> did not make you lose work (presumably), then I'd consider that the
> efforts we make to "prevent bad things" were successful.
> Maybe not a resounding success, admittedly.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>

-- 

Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
7©4 Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  •0Ü8



  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-01  0:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-31  5:41 Hunting the culprit package Pankaj Jangid
2022-08-31 12:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-08-31 17:20   ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-08-31 22:12     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-01  0:31       ` T.V Raman [this message]
2022-09-03  2:51         ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-03  6:29           ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 14:20             ` Magit Stefan Monnier
2022-09-03 14:56               ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-03 18:22                 ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 18:34                   ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-04  2:47                     ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-04  5:16                       ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-03 15:16               ` Magit Stefan Kangas
2022-09-03 18:32                 ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 18:51                   ` Magit broken in NonGNU ELPA Stefan Kangas
2022-09-03 19:09                   ` Magit Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-05  4:03                     ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-05  8:58                       ` Magit Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-07  2:19                         ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-07  3:33                           ` Magit Phil Sainty
2022-09-07 12:40                           ` Magit Stefan Monnier
2022-09-07 13:02                             ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 18:45                 ` Magit Stefan Monnier
2022-09-05  4:03             ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-05  9:04               ` Magit Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-05 11:48                 ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-07  2:19                 ` Magit Richard Stallman

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