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bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Jun 2012 06:24:11 -0700 |
> Given that in Windows 7 writing to c:\ requires administrative
> priviledges, perhaps we should be more strongly discouraging setting
> HOME to c:\ for users who are blindly copying obsolete
> instructions they find on the internet.
Why? What is the consequence if an Emacs user (using admin privileges) sets
HOME to c:\? Not a rhetorical question - I know little to nothing about this.
_If_ (dunno) there is no negative consequence in terms of _using_ Emacs, and the
only effective consequence is that Windows 7 will notify a user that s?he must
have admin privileges to _set_ HOME to c:\, is that a problem?
In any case, if there is a downside then the "discouragement" or recommendation
should explicitly point out the situation - e.g. list potential problems or
point (via URL) to such a list of problems. We should not just discourage c:\
for all Windows users, or even for Windows 7 users only, without giving some
info about why etc.
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, yary, 2012/06/02
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/06/02
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, yary, 2012/06/02
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, Drew Adams, 2012/06/02
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, yary, 2012/06/02
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, Juanma Barranquero, 2012/06/03
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, Jason Rumney, 2012/06/03
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/06/04
- bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup,
Drew Adams <=