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bug#24515: bug#24514: 24.5; [WIP][PATCH] Lispy backtraces
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24515: bug#24514: 24.5; [WIP][PATCH] Lispy backtraces |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:06:56 +0300 |
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:55:41 +0200
> From: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann@gmail.com>
> Cc: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pit@gmail.com>
>
> > How about if we install this with a user option, off by default, that
> > switches to the new format when turned on?
>
> This sounds sensible, but I'm not sure whether it's worth complicating
> the patch by adding checks for this new user option in `eval.c`,
> `debug.el` and `edebug.el`.
It's a complication, sure. But it doesn't sound too complicated, and
given the fears of breaking someone's code, I think it's justified.
> > Then we could collect user experience for some time, and make this the
> > default if everyone likes it.
>
> How do you plan on informing and surveying users? Would a discussion on
> emacs-devel be the way to do this or do you have something different in
> mind?
I thought just watching the discussions and the bug tracker would be
enough. Then, a couple of releases from now, we could ask whether
making it the default would be okay, and see how people react.
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bug#24514: 24.5; [WIP][PATCH] Lispy backtraces, Richard Stallman, 2016/09/23
bug#24514: 24.5; [WIP][PATCH] Lispy backtraces, Vasilij Schneidermann, 2016/09/27