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bug#22025: Emacs 25 corrupts Emacs 24 .emacs.desktop.
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
bug#22025: Emacs 25 corrupts Emacs 24 .emacs.desktop. |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:39:16 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
Hello, Eli.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:23:10PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:47:18 +0000
> > Cc: 22025@debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
> > > This would be a nice enhancement, but it certainly isn't a bug in my
> > > book.
> > I couldn't disagree more. Users should be free to update to Emacs 25,
> > but it shouldn't be for us to force them.
> ??? How's this forcing an upgrade? The issue won't exist until the
> user, out of their free will, starts Emacs 25.
Because people will "just try out" Emacs 25. That's what I always do
with new Emacsen. Then before deciding to upgrade, they find that their
.emacs.desktop won't work in their accustomed setups any longer (which
is a horrible surprise), effectively forcing them to upgrade.
[ .... ]
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).