Re: A couple of questions and concerns about Emacs network security

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stephen Berman <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2018 14:22:54 +0200
> 
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 09:15:32 +0200 martin rudalics <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> >>>            And the users who have made such a setting don't need the
> >>> defaults to change anyway.
> >>
> >> No, but it's the new users who would benefit.
> >
> > Shouldn't new users face such changes with major releases only?
> 
> Since this is a security-related change, it depends on the maintainers'
> judgment of the risks (both of making the change and of not making it).

When making these judgment calls, are we allowed to apply the same
principle as you did, namely that the current situation "has been
tested for at least five years", and therefore we can conclude that no
urgent change is needed?